Chapter 5
The dinner went on for almost two hours.
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And Jolene remained standing throughout it all.
Her back and knees ached from her rigid position. She discreetly turned and massaged her stiff muscles. ~
When it was time to serve the fruit platters for dessert, she quickly ducked into the bathroom.
Lathering her hands with soap, she scrubbed and scrubbed at her soiled dress. She tirelessly wrung out the fabric with a wad of paper towels before crouching under the hand dryers. Her body strained from being at an odd angle.
During this, Viona and her sister, Sophie, entered the bathroom.
When they spotted Jolene, they paused behind her.
Sophie glanced at her stooped figure before turning to her sister. In a quiet voice that was still loud enough for Jolene to hear, she asked, “Why is this secretary at your
engagement party?”
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“She was invited by Mrs. Evert.”
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hotel has plenty of waiters. Why do we need her here?”
was on their minds, but Jolene hardly lifted
drying her clothes and swung open the door. Just as she’d
“Miss Marsh.”
stopped and looked back at
tone was flat yet polite, maintaining
embarrassed grin. “I apologize, Miss Marsh. My sister’s
it,” she replied
in the reserved room, the family dinner had finally come to a
escorted the
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Viona stayed behind. Mrs. Evert had wanted her and Bowen to go to
wrapping up the formalities, Jolene returned to bid
red envelope out of
for your hard work this
envelope, Jolene already knew that it contained a large
the reason behind such a
to refuse and simply
wider. She reached over and
don’t have a
shook her head.
fault.” Mrs. Evert
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