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Ramona’s face froze. She pulled Paisley outside the room and said, “Don’t mention this in front of her.”
“Alright,” Paisley agreed.
She nced at Ramona and suddenly realized, “You’re out of money, aren’t you?”
Ramona looked embarrassed. “I never had much to begin with. The jewelry I used to wear was all from my family or Madison. Besides that, I hardly ever had any cash on hand.”
“Now that the Barkers has cast us out, they only allowed me to take the clothes off my back. Everything else? They wouldn’t let me bring a thing.”
Paisley observed Ramona’s anger. Ever since descending the mountain to follow Adide into battle and returning to the capital to deal with these troubles, she found her patience had
grown.
In the past, she would have likely stormed off in frustration upon hearing Ramona’s situation, but now she wanted to be kind.
She understood Ramona’s fury and terror.
Ramona had always been used by her family, never granted a shred of genuine trust.
She once viewed Hunt, her mother, and Wilorina as a tightly knit family of four, but Hunt betrayed her.
Now, an outsider imed her own sister sought to kill their mother–no wonder she struggled to believe it.
Rather than getting angry, Paisley calmly said, “Believe what you will. The werewolf doctor’s testimony wouldn’t slip past the Ministry of Justice if it were false. As for why Wilorina could manipte him? They had a rtionship.”
Ramona trembled, tears welling up as she shouted, “Shut up! How dare you nder Wilorina? Just because she was a breeder? She had no choice! She suffered enough without you dragging her name through the mud and turning us against each other!”
Paisley said, “Fine. Believe what you want. I’ve done my part by telling you. If you ever need to borrow money for business,e to me anytime.”
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Paisley often measured friendships by money, a Stephens family trait said to be learned from a prominent figure.
She had no limits with Adide–whether borrowing or giving, she offered whatever she had.
As for Avery, after that punch today, he’d get nothing from her.
Ramona, having schemed with Paisley before, was owed a few thousand in camaraderie.
Yet she coldly replied, “I don’t need it. Leave. Our affairs are none of your concern. Leave now!”
Paisley nced at her. “I’ll wait until Galvin arrives.”
“Don’t wait!” Ramona’s expression was icy. “We can’t ept your kindness. I don’t see any hidden schemes here, nor do I understand them. But no one wille between our family bonds!”
“Are you crazy?” Paisley’s patience snapped, her usual arrogance resurfacing.
With a cold sneer, she said, “Why would we scheme against you? What use are you to us? You know nothing of Madison’s manor or your sister’s undercover roles in various families.”
“Compared to even the lowliest servants at Madison’s manor, you’re worthless–they’re all being interrogated now. Do we need you?”
“Besides, you im we deceived you on the Moon Newborn Festival n, but without the deception, you’d have spilled everything to Hunt, and he’d have told Madison. Would our n have seeded? Would your mother and others have been rescued? Focus on the oue, not the process.”
“Your mother is safe now–the result you wanted. The deception was necessary. If you hadn’t trusted your father so blindly, we wouldn’t have hidden the truth. Telling you beforehand that your father was a fence–sitter? You’d never have believed it, just as you don’t believe now that Wilorina traded her body to bribe Madison’s werewolf doctor to harm your mother. There’s nothing left to say. I’ll leave once Galvin arrives; consider it a task done for Adide.”
Ramona’s shoulders shook as tears dropped heavily to the ground.
Paisley, seeing her cry, didn’t offerfort but instead looked toward the entrance–where was Galvin?
After a while, Ramona spoke in a stuffy voice from crying, “When we picked up my mom that day, she told me in the car not to believe a word Wilorina said. Thinking back, she must have known. But I just don’t understand why she would do this.”
So Ramona believed it now?
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Paisley turned to her. “Aireanna told you this? Then she must know something. As for why Wilorina did it, ask Aireanna yourself when you get back. Maybe you’ll get your answer.”
At that moment, Galvin walked into the alley.
Paisley waved immediately. “Galvin, over here!” <fnc40b> Original content can be found at f?ndnovel</fnc40b>
Galvin spotted them but was puzzled as to why they weren’t waiting at the Barkers‘ gate. Still, she approached and asked, “Why are you here?”