"Mama wants to ask about what?"

Alden became curious. He wanted to know what his mother really wanted to ask or clarify about Aurora.

"Come here," Zendaya waved. She asked her son to come closer and sit next to her. Side by side and facing each other. "There's something Mama needs to clarify."

"About what?"

"About Aurora, Savana's former daughter-in-law."

Alden took a deep breath. He understood, more or less, that his mother might have been triggered and perhaps preoccupied with Savana's remarks at the party earlier.

"What's the matter? Didn't Alden already inform you that Aurora is actually widowed?"

"Yes," Zendaya nodded. She didn't deny this issue.

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