"No, no, he's joking," Cora said. "Mr. Serrano happened to find Georgia in danger and saved her. We're so grateful, aren't we?"
Cora quickly pulled Byron's hand, signaling him not to meddle in his niece's love life.
Though still glaring at Efren, Byron held his tongue under Cora's tacit reprimand.
"Thank you, Efren."
"Byron, even if you and Efren are close, you can't joke like that."
The Hansens quickly acknowledged, though still a bit confused.
Just then, Osborn frowned and asked sharply, "So who was the scum that drugged her?"
No matter how old, Osborn would never let anyone harm his granddaughter.
"Alton Wayne," Efren revealed.
He had noticed the lecher ogling Georgia at Byron's party and looked into him.
"That guy?" Nora recalled the Waynes pestering Georgia that night.
"They kept pushing for a marriage alliance," Georgia's mother added.
Her father snorted. "I heard they're bankrupt. A marriage would bail them out."
Osborn declared, "Even if richer than us, with those manners and that face, he's unworthy of Georgia."
As they conferred, Efren went on grimly, "I found cameras set up in his room. He came prepared!"
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I somehow find Cora childish...