It wasn’t too far from Ridgehaven Town, and a theme park or a unique farm stay would definitely draw in the crowds.
Carmen sobered up considerably and began seriously considering the whole resort idea after hearing Alvin out. Comparing their team’s n to his suggestions, she felt that hers suddenly paled inparison.
Since you can’t get into the vige right now anyway, you might as well help me out with something else,” Alvin said.
Early the next morning.Aubree and her group made another trip to the vige.
Vincent had heard yesterday that Alvin hade to Ridgehaven Town, and figured that if Alvin could buy Jacob off, then so could they, as they certainly weren’tcking in funds.
Aubree didn’t say much but just encouraged him to give it a try.
As soon as they arrived, Vincent got the Nelson family’s address from Aubree and swaggered off toward the far end of the vige, looking like he owned the ce.
The vige felt especially lively today <b>as </b>all the gossip–loving women had gathered under the big old tree in the center of the vige, gossiping about all thetest vige drama.
One of thedies shared, “I ran into Millie’s mom yesterday, and she was acting all tough, swearing up and down that Samuel is an honest guy and there’s no way he’d have anything going on with that woman who lives at the edge of the vige. She sounded so sure about it.
“But, guess what?
“Last night I heard that Jacob, the Nelson family’s son, <b>was </b>back, so I thought I’d go take a look. And what do you know? I saw Samuel heading straight for Josephine’s ce. She lives at the edge of the vige, and it waste at night. So, what on earth was he doing there if it wasn’t for something fishy?<b>” </b>
Another woman gasped, “Oh my goodness! Millie hasn’t even married him yet, and that man’s already had his soul snatched by a widow? What a scandal!”
“If Millie can’t keep her man from wandering, she’s got no one to me but herself, right?” A third person chimed in.
Even with the summer heat already bearing down early in the morning, these vige women didn’t care <b>a </b>single bit. They crowded under the old tree, waving their fans, just to keep the gossip going.
“Samuel went therest night too<b>…</b><b>?</b>” Aubree murmured as she caught onto the key detail in their gossip.“It seems like we need to check it out ourselves.”
Meanwhile, things weren’t exactly peaceful at the Molina family’s ce either.
The vige was small, and the word about Samuel heading over to Josephine’s cete at night spread in no time.
Jillian, who was always quick–tempered, was storming around the house<b>, </b>cursing and saying all kinds of nasty things. Her son, Jason, was lying back
on the couch, ying video games with his legs up.
“What’s the big deal? Josephine’s good–looking, and Millie is not as hot or as pretty as her. Isn’t that just how it goes?” Jason saidzily.
Jillian smacked him right away as she warned, “Watch your mouth!”
Millie wasn’t downstairs with her family as she’d already run off to her room to cry.
David sat there smoking as he uttered, “If the vige chief doesn’t step up and do something about this, he’s really doing our family wrong”
Hearing that, Jillian’s anger red up even more as something came to mind. She spat, “You’ve got some nerve bringing that up. Didn’t I say we should’ve just taken the demolitionpensation and left? But no, you just had to chase after that little bit of extra benefit… Now look at us. We could’ve found a good match for Millie in the city, but instead, we’ve be theughingstock of the whole town.”
David shot back, “Like you weren’t tempted by it too?
“Alright, enough about that. Anyway, isn’t Vincent and his people nning to buy our fruit this season? Once we’ve sold off this harvest, I’ll see if I can pull some strings to get Jason a decent job. Then we’ll discuss this with the vige chief properly. If they don’t provide a satisfactory exnation, we won’t beg them for anything. Worst case, we’ll call off the engagement.”
3.40 PM
Ethan, who had just finished his chores, happened to catch that conversation. Wait, what happened <b>back </b>then? Something about the demolition?” he wondered as he promptly informed Bowen about this <b>new </b>discovery.