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    Sandra’s eyes glistened with relief. “I don’t even know how to repay you. My mom has been caught in gambling’s grip for years, but she had never lost this big before. She had a hundred million from the settlement before and guarded it carefully. It took nearly a decade for her to squander it all. This time, though, I think she was yed. She usually stuck to local card games and never ventured to foreign casinos. Her losses were small, a few thousand at most. To lose eight hundred million in one fell swoop—it’s unthinkable.”


    Brenna let out a sigh. “Your mom is a force of nature, always chasing the next game despite her losses. I don’t know how you’ve held it together all these years.”


    Sandra nodded, her expression heavy with memory. “Since high school, I’ve worked every break to keep myself afloat. My father couldn’t rein her in, and they teetered on the edge of divorce more than once. Each time, my mother swore she would change, but she never did. After my father’s ident, when we learned I wasn’t his daughter, their marriage finally ended. My mother lost everything and hoped the Harper family would swoop in to save her.” Her voice broke as she continued, “Shepard doesn’t give me pocket money, and I’ve never held it against him or Giselle. After all, I came to the Harper family with my own motives.”


    Brenna gave a knowing nod. “Did your mother spill the beans about having eleven million to anyone?”


    Sandra replied, “Yes. My mother can’t keep a secret to save her life. Everyone in her gambling circle probably knows that, especially Corinna. She was more thrilled about it than my mother was.”


    “Do you think Corinna set her up?” Brenna mused, her mind turning over the possibility.


    “Yeah,” Sandra said with conviction. “Corinna pushed my mother to go to Lumoria, saying she was on a hot streak. It’s clear as day she schemed against my mother. I’ll call her now.” Brenna nodded in approval.


    Sandra dialed Corinna repeatedly, but the line went unanswered each time. Frustrated, she finally gave up.


    An hourter, Ethan called Brenna with news. Keira had been taken to a hospital in Lumoria.


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    Sandra, overwhelmed with gratitude, thanked Brenna profusely before heading to work, carrying on as if nothing had happened. Over lunch, Brenna and Ethan talked about the matter.


    “Sandra could’ve asked for help right away, but she waited until the time was almost up beforeing to you,” Ethan said. “It feels like she didn’t really want to save her mother. And she probably wanted to have an excuse when Keira med her for the matter.”


    Brenna nodded. “I had the same suspicion. She could’ve just called me, but instead, she hopped on a bus to see me in person. Why drag it out? If she wasn’t fullymitted to saving her mother, why would I?”


    Later, Ethan received word that Keira, after receiving initial treatment in Lumoria, boarded a ne to Shirie. Keira, clutching her phone with her one remaining hand, dialed Sandra. Her voice crackled with anger. “You ungrateful child! Why didn’t you listen to me? Did you want me to lose my hand on purpose?”


    Sandra’s heart twisted with guilt at Keira’s words. She’d thought her secret intention was buried, but Keira’s remark caught her off guard. She paused, then hardened her tone to deflect suspicion.<fnd66c> Follow current nov?ls on Find1Novel</fnd66c>


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