After Edith left, Calbert was the first one to speak. "Otto, if you want to blame someone, blame me. I was the first one to notice. I was the one who told Yvonne."

"I was the one who told Calbert to hide it from you," Yvonne chimed in.

She looked at Otto calmly. "Mr. Carrington, this entire matter is really complicated and long. Back then, we weren't sure of it yet, which is why—"

"You two ganged up to lie to me. Now you expect me to just try to understand where you're coming from. Is that it?"

Otto sneered. "You two are the people I trust the most. I thought there were no secrets between us and that we could talk about anything.

"But what did you two do instead? If Mark hadn't taken Great-Grandma away, how long were you planning to keep this from me?"

Yvonne and Calbert looked at each other.

Calbert looked apologetic. "We had always planned to tell you. It's just that things happened too suddenly. We never thought Mark would do this."

"Do you think I would believe you?" Otto