Charlie’s statement startled Kathleen.

She had been at sea all this time, and thus lost contact with her parents. On her return to American soil and the Fox family, she didn’t have the opportunity to see her parents and siblings.

She concluded that Spencer had kicked out her family from the Fox family after he snatched power away from Jordan.

Whenever a new head in a big family rose to power, he would first suppress those who might be a threat to him. He would also remove those he disliked fr