"Castle saved you?" Sophia Cole was surprised. "That''s a huge favor to owe someone!"


    Sophia handed Noreen a bowl of soup. "Wait a minute. You were kidnapped by that crazy woman because of him. He *should* have saved you! No favor owed!"


    "It''s not that ck and white," Noreen said, not having thought of it that way.


    "It''s my fault. I should have stayed with you," Sophia said, ming herself.


    "It was impossible to predict. How could you me yourself?"


    No one could have anticipated what Sue would do. The thing was, she and Sue had only met once before.


    No one ever knows whether tomorrow will bring fortune or disaster.


    Seeing Sophia still downcast, Noreen had to console her. "We came on this trip to rx. If we don''t have fun now, when will we?"


    Sophia felt a little better and mused, "I guess we need to hire a female bodyguard. A male one isn''t always convenient."


    Since it was a cruise, Noreen might have wanted to go swimming. It would have been inappropriate for Colby, a man, to follow her, which is how the incident happened in the first ce.


    Seeing that she couldn''t talk Sophia out of it, Noreen let it go.


    "But I heard that madwoman was seriously injured. Four broken ribs," Sophia said, rying a rumor she''d heard.


    Noreen was puzzled. "How did that happen?"


    Sue had been perfectly fine before she was thrown into the sea.


    Sophia shook her head. "I don''t know. I heard someone kicked her."


    "Castle?" Noreen was taken aback. "That doesn''t seem like him."


    "I know, right? Mr. Joyner seems so gentle and refined. And that woman is his sister-inw. Would he really be that ruthless?"


    They were just specting based on their own impressions; the truth remained a mystery.


    Noreen rested for another two days.


    During that time, Katy woulde and sit with her for a few hours every day at a set


    time. She wouldn''t speak, just sit there quietly.


    After the incident, Katy had be even more withdrawn.


    Noreen couldn''t help but worry.


    While checking her emails online, she caught up on recent industry news. The biggest story was PerseTech''s failed reverse merger.


    It seemed Bianca Lowell''s downfall was as spectacr as her rise had been arrogant. During the roadshow, she had hyped up PerseTech to an absurd degree At a financial summit, she ever made grandiose ims, bolstered by the backing of the Aurelion Group.


    It really was true: pridees before a fall.


    Friends in the industry said that after returning to Rivercrest City, Bianca had gone into hiding, avoiding the media and lovestors.Debt collectors were practically lining up all the way to Brenton City.


    Two investors had taken out loans to invest based on her hype and were now saddled with massive debt. One of them, unable to handle the pressure, had jumped from a building.


    The next day, reporters cornered


    Yvonne Laurent. They asked her why


    her daughter had duped people into ruining families white stie


    investingway and refused fo


    herself hid


    solve the problem. ''


    Yvonne''s response was chilling. "Investing always carries risks. It''s his own fault for


    not being able to handle the pressure. How can he me my daughter?"


    "He only lost his life, but my daughter has to face these usations. It''s not fair."


    Noreen was stunned when she read that. How could a person be so utterly selfish?


    The worst part was that the day after Yvonne''sments, the wife of the investor who hadmitted suicide also jumped to her death.


    This time, reporters found Bianca''s cousin, Lillian Laurent.


    Her words were even more shocking.


    "When you''re dead, your debts are gone. It''s much easier than being alive."


    They really were cut from the same cloth.