Chapter 500

Hanson was even more upset at Queenie's words. "No way! What are you playing at? Layla is your mother and the Atkinson family's daughter-in-law. Even in death, she's part of the Atkinson family! Whatever happens, she has to stick with me! "When I die, you can bury me next to her and put Stacy on my other side. I'll be between them, so they won't bother each other! I'm warning you, Queenie—don't even dream of making this happen. I'll never agree to relocate your mother's grave. Never!" This was not the reaction Queenie had expected, but Joey was calm and composed. She'd known Hanson wouldn't be so easily convinced. Perhaps Queenie didn't understand his thought process, but Joey did. He was only acting like this because he didn't want the villagers to gossip about him. Layla had been his wife when she was alive. Now, 24 years after her death, her daughters wanted to relocate her grave so she could be buried with her own family. To the villagers, this was a shameful thing. They would s