Stefan
crossed the room to Dara’s side. “I see that the news of our marriage has
been shared.”
“Indeed,”
Aristide drawled.“And a very convenient
marriage it seems to be.”
Stefan’s
green eyes went cold.He pinned his
older cousin in place with a piercing glare.“Never,
for one moment, forget your station in this family.”Stefan’s tone was glacial.“Nor,
if you are wise, should you forget my wife’s.”
Judge
Cho watched the scenario with interest.He
was loath to intervene in the family drama being played out before him.It was, perhaps, the truest glimpse of the Cassadine family dynamic that
he had seen since first being assigned to the case.
The
tension-filled silence threatened to go on indefinitely.Judge Cho was forced to speak.“And
you, Mrs. Cassadine?”
The
magistrate noted with interest that both Dara and Helena Cassadine turned his
way.“I am sorry,” he
clarified.“I meant Helena
Cassadine…How do you feel about
your son’s seemingly impromptu marriage?”
“Stefan’s
personal … arrangements,” Helena said delicately, “are of no concern to
me.”
Though
the Cassadine matriarch’s words said one thing, the wording of
her statement said another.No one
seated within that study misunderstood Helena’s politely veiled assertion that
the marriage between Dara and Stefan was anything more than an attempt to
circumvent the judge’s ruling.
“Very
well, then,” Judge Cho nodded.“Let
it be noted that you have chosen not to avail yourself of this opportunity to
voice an objection to the marriage between your son and Miss Jensen.Therefore, with the stipulations of the codicil fulfilled, I
rule in favor of Dara Jensen Cassadine as Trustee of the Cassadine estates.”
