Florence endured her fear and said, "Although Lucas Gray is my son-in-law, if you're thinking about using me to get him to come to the Howards', you can forget about it!
"I abandoned my daughter soon after she was born. I haven't even met her once in more than twenty years, and we don't have any mother-daughter relationship!
"Now, she doesn't even acknowledge me as her mother, and Lucas Gray won't acknowledge me as his mother-in-law either. In fact… he even threatened me and warned me not to disrupt my daughter's life. Otherwise, he wouldn't be polite to me!
"Given our terrible relationship, do you still think he would willingly come here for the sake of my life?
"I'm actually of no use against Lucas!"
Florence spoke through gritted teeth. In order to escape this situation, she didn't hesitate to reveal her true relationship with Lucas in front of the Howards.