The Williams family was now a sinking ship, and anyone who got too close risked being dragged down with them.
With all the other options out there, why would anyone willingly tie themselves to a family with so much baggage? They'd end up losing money and taking a hit to their own company's value. It simply wasn't worth it. Israel's business associates began to avoid him like the plague, not even daring to exchange a few words in public for fear of being labeled an abuser or a cheater by association.
The public was having a field day. "I thought all the Williams children were supposed to be the cream of the crop? First, the top debutante turns out to be an illegitimate child with a scandalous private life, and now her brother Israel is an abusive cheater? That family is a snake pit!"
"The Chapman family just announced Lauretta Chapman's engagement to Jonathan. Is she really going to marry into a family like that? Her life will be ruined!"
"Lauretta, run! Don't marry into the Williams family!"
"I heard Coleman Williams's engagement to the daughter of the Burton family is still in the works... the Burtons are in for it too."
"The Williams family is such a mess. Anyone who gets involved is jumping into a pit of fire..."
Just as Sellers Burton had managed to quell the storm around Aurora, Israel's scandal erupted, and it was about domestic violence—one of the most unforgivable offenses in the public eye. The pristine reputation the Williams family had cultivated for years was now in shambles. It seemed that anyone associated with them was cursed with bad luck.

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