His mother died early, his father then married a stepmother, and the stepmother gave birth to a child.
His Little Brother with the same father but different mother—since the Little Brother was born, all of his father's attention gradually shifted onto the Little Brother.
Edward Benson had always been in the army, with no time to bother about any of this.
His affair with Isla Stanley gradually couldn't be hidden anymore; everyone in the Thompson Family knew of Isla Stanley's existence, and his stepmother grew restless.
She racked her brains trying to break them up, bluntly saying he had to marry a girl who was well-matched in terms of social class and family background; Isla Stanley's identity was lowly and she didn't deserve him.
Edward Benson had never paid her any mind, however, the stepmother kept shoving woman after woman at his side; as it happened more and more often, Isla Stanley began to suspect something.
