Chapter 136

• Many years ago, Mrs. Sydney wasn’t Mrs. Sydney yet. She was Selena—strong-willed, jealous, and ambitious. The woman everyone called Ken’s mother was her younger sister, Clara.
• Selena and Clara were close, but Selena never liked how everything always seemed to work out for Clara. Their parents loved Clara more; she was gentle and sweet, with a calm spirit that everyone adored.
• When Clara met Mr. Sydney for the first time, he was young, charming, and the heir to the Sydney fortune. She ran to tell Selena in excitement. “I met someone,” Clara said, smiling like a little girl. “Raymond Sydney. He’s the only son of the Sydney empire. We’ve been talking for a while, and he’s interested in me. He said he’ll visit Mama soon.”