Sean was in his fifties this year. He could have had a much more prominent career, but due to Maria's health problems, he had groomed Franklin to be his successor in the early years. He was always by Maria's side in her recuperating journey, clearly showing how much he valued Maria.
As Maria's health problem was caused by Lauren, so Bryce could anticipate his father's attitude.
He bet that if his father would actually like Lauren, he did not mind to be Lauren's brother. Instead, he would not mind to address Lauren as his brother if that happened.
Sean and Maria did not live close by, they lived more than two hours away from the Torres mansion. As Maria liked to live near the mountains and the oceans, so Sean had built a small villa specifically for her near the mountains and the oceans.
As today was Friday, the traffic jam had caused their two-hour journey to stretch to four hours.
