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“Hello? How is this all my fault? You were gossiping right along with me!”
“You’re the one who started it. My dad was right–I should’ve never gotten close to someone like you. You’re gonna get me killed!”
The two women immediately turned on each other.
Within moments, security arrived and escorted both of them out–just as they were about to physically fight.
Meanwhile, Abraham was about to leave with Ste. His expression was stormy.
When Mr. Bogden heard what had happened, he rushed over and pulled Abraham aside, frantically trying to exin before things escted.
Marie stood with Ste off to the side and huffed, “Those two nasty women… If this weren’t the Bogden family’s event, I would’ve ripped them apart.”
Ste said, “What you did just now was pretty much the same as ripping them apart.”
Considering what had happened, it kind of was.
Marie looked her up and down. “You really held your own, Ste. Guess all those things I taught you over the years didn’t go to waste.”
She had clearly seen everything–Ste lifting her skirt and kicking, smashing the ss into that woman’s face.
Abel had once told her that Ste had beaten up Jonathan and Ethan back in Rivermount, and she hadn’t believed him.
She couldn’t even imagine Steying a hand on anyone.
But now she had witnessed it herself.
“You were seriously badass.”
Not at all like the soft, delicate little Ste she was used to.
Bzz bzz bzz–Marie’s phone suddenly buzzed just as she was about to shower Ste with more praise.
“I’ll get this.”
She stepped away to answer but didn’t <i>go </i>far. After what had just happened with those two women, she wasn’t about to take her eyes off Ste again.
As soon as Marie answered her call, Ste saw Reba walking toward her.
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Danny, the man who had been with her earlier, was nowhere to be seen. Ste recognized him.
What Reba was doing with Danny, she had no idea,
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Ste and Reba stood together in the garden outside the Bogden estate.
Reba looked at her and said, “I took all of Jonathan’s money.”
Ste replied, “Okay.”
She didn’t care. It had nothing to do with her.
“Wanna split some of it?”
<i>Uh</i>…
<i>What </i><i>was </i><i>that </i>supposed <i>to </i><i>mean</i><i>? </i>
She wanted to give her money?
Reba looked directly at Ste’s stunned face. “Come on, I know everything. The Reed family treated you like trash.”
“When you moved back in those two years, they didn’t even give you basic living expenses. They gave it all to that Lilian.”
Ste felt surprisingly little as Reba recounted what the Reeds had done to her.
Maybe it was because she’d never really cared about them.
They were outsiders from the start. And what outsiders did never mattered.
Ste asked, “How do you know they treated me badly?”
“Jonathan. Every time he went to Nightfall, he’d go on and on with his loser friends about how difficult you were, and what kind of punishments the family gave you.”
Reba’s tone was full of disdain now whenever she mentioned Jonathan.
That tone. That expression.
Like she had never once respected him. No wonder she had walked away from him so easily.
Ste cleared her throat. “So… that baby–was it really Jonathan’s?”
know.”
“Of course it is. Why else would I take all his money? I’ve still got some basic integrity, you know.”
<i>What </i><i>kind </i><i>of </i><i>integrity </i><i>was </i><i>that</i><i>, </i><i>exactly</i><i>? </i>
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Maybe it was the pregnancy, but her brain felt foggy. She couldn’t quite keep up with the logic of this
conversation.
Especially when Reba started talking about her “principles.” Ste just didn’t get it.
Reba noticed her silence.
“Anyway, do you want it or not?”
“Want what?”
“The money. I’m offering you a cut. Reed family money.”
Ste: “…” What kind of offer was that?
She took a deep breath and said, “Do you really think I need money right now?”
“You don’t. But it’s different when it’s the Reed family’s money. Think of it as payback–what they owe you.”
Back when she was working at Nightfall, she’d heard Jonathan say all kinds of things about how Lilian was his <i>real </i>sister, and how he had to protect her.
Reba had heard it all.
Ste asked, “So back then… you actually liked Jonathan?”
“I liked him?”
Reba’s face twisted like she’d just swallowed a fly.
Ste: “…” But you’re pregnant. Doesn’t that mean…?
Seeing the look on her face, Reba said, “You actually believed those rumors?”
The ones that imed Reba had used the baby to climb the socialdder–and failed.
Susan had evene to confront her multiple times, totally losing her temper each time.
Reba said, “Who would ever like someone like <i>him</i>? If anything, I liked his bank ount.”
Ste: “His money?”
“Yeah. I was broke. The baby was an ident, but once I had it, I took responsibility. That’s all.”
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