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    It was obvious that the Harper family had no intention of getting involved.


    After a quick moment of thought, Sandra braced herself. She dabbed her tears away, her voice turning firm. “I won’t step in. If I bail her out now, she’ll just keep gambling, expecting me to clean up her mess every time. How long are we supposed to keep shielding her from the consequences? Dad, I’m not helping her. It would be better if she were gone.”


    Giselle’s gaze hardened as she fixed her eyes on Sandra. She believed Sandra was cruel to her mother. After all, the casino wasn’t a ce for mercy. Those who failed to pay their debts often suffered brutal consequences, sometimes even losing their limbs. Sandra would ditch her mother just to keep her status in the Harper family. Just how heartless could she be? For enough money, she’d probably sink even lower one day. Still, luckily, the Harper family was rich, so she probably wouldn’t betray them. Even if she did, she wouldn’t be able to do much damage anyway.


    When dinner was done, Brenna joined Sandra outside, the two of them stepping into the cool air of the courtyard.


    Out of nowhere, Brenna stopped in her tracks and asked quietly, “Are you really not going to help your mother?”


    Sandra’s chest tightened. She knew Brenna had the softest heart in the Harper family. Tears gathered in her eyes once again. “I want to help her, but I just can’t. I don’t have the money to settle my mom’s debts or the connections to save her. No matter how you look at it, the matter can’t be solved without money. Brenna, this is the mess my mother made for herself. She has to face it on her own…”


    Brenna said with an expressionless face, “Do you know what happens to people who can’t pay off their gambling debts?”


    Sandra nodded miserably, her despair deepening. “I know. For smaller debts, they’ll just strip people of their belongings. But when the amount’s massive and the people can’t cover it, they’ll cut off hands or feet. You probably don’t know this, but my mother has already lost two fingers on her left hand because of it.” Worry shed in her eyes. “I think this time, she will lose even more—maybe an arm, maybe a leg.”


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    After a pause, she continued, “But there’s nothing I can do. I won’t drag the Harper family into this mess. After all, your family doesn’t owe her anything.”


    Brenna gave a small nod, thinking Sandra was being sensible. She honestly felt for Sandra. It took real strength to get this far with a mother like that holding her back. She saw pieces of herself in Sandra. They’d both wed their way up from tough families and carried that same weight on their shoulders.


    That was why, when Julia mentioned Sandra had been quietly selling her things, Brenna had looked the other way. Julia had discovered that because Brenna had once asked her to sell a bottle of perfume at a boutique, and she had happened to spot something of Sandra’s there.


    “If you want to help her, juste to me. I have a way to do that,” Brenna said quietly, climbing into Ethan’s car.


    Ethan nced at her, curious. “You really want to help her? You’re not the type to get involved in other people’s problems.”


    Brenna said, “Sandra’s mother racked up a mountain of gambling debt overseas. It’s bad.”


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