C548 Belinda's Misunderstanding

The atmosphere within the Ventris family of Mirthdale was oppressively somber. Conrad had been grappling with the Lachlan issue, and now, without resolution, the Dewlark branch was in the loop, leaving him on the back foot. To Mirthdale's Ventris family, Lachlan was a ticking time bomb, threatening to embarrass them at the national family gathering at any moment