I am so sorry that this update is several days late. My laptop had to go in for a much-needed tune-up!

Continuing the prompt from CloudyGumdrops, and leading into one from both Womenreligiousfan and addictedtositcoms

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Thurston hoped his father would stay civil with his intended wife present. But it seemed that, at least subconsciously, his father acknowledged her as part of the family. Therefore, all social niceties went out the window.

He ducked as a Ming dynasty porcelain vase crashed into the wall behind him. "I can make my own decisions," he tried to say.

"Not while you live in my house!" Thurston Howell, Jr. snarled. His face was a livid red. "How dare you go back on our agreement?"

"You have already broken it." To the astonishment of both men, Eunice stepped between them.

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