In summary, in the world without Arabella Donovan, both families suffered devastating losses.
Of the two brothers who lost their sisters, one was left utterly alone after losing his loved one, while the other lived forever in guilt and regret, unable to escape.
The only one who benefited was the instigator, Cassandra Lynch. It was quite disheartening when you thought about it. The good people weren't rewarded for their kindness; instead, they were dragged into a mess, while the villain thrived, climbing to the top over their dead bodies.
Arabella Donovan stroked her chin, lost in thought. She had always wondered how someone like Cassandra Lynch could be the heroine of this little world. But now, seeing the story of the Reese family and the Sloan siblings, she suddenly realized that Cassandra's character inadvertently fit the popular archetypes of "playing the pig to eat the tiger" and the "villainess" from a few years back.
