Mila Anderson remained silent. Even though she was the legitimate wife, in a large family like this, she sometimes didn't have the final say. How could she willingly allow the mistress's son to be brought back? How could she bear to see him every day? Or watch the mistress use visiting her son as an excuse to constantly come to the Horne family home, while she remained helpless? The old matriarch insisted that James Horne was of Horne blood. The old woman valued lineage immensely. Despite siding with me and not accepting Pheobe Rogers, she was willing to accept James Horne. What could I possibly say?