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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plenty of waiters. Why do we need her

was on their minds, but Jolene hardly

swung open the door. Just as she’d stepped

“Miss Marsh.”

stopped and looked back at her.

yet polite, maintaining the distance that

“I apologize, Miss Marsh. My

worry about it,” she replied quickly. “Miss Gellar, you’re too polite.”

dinner had

trailed behind Mrs. Evert and graciously escorted the Gellar family

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Viona stayed behind. Mrs. Evert had wanted her and Bowen to go to the

up the formalities, Jolene returned to bid goodbye to Mrs. Evert.

red envelope out of her bag and placed

for your hard work this

already knew that it contained a large amount of money.

the reason behind such

bother trying to refuse and simply accepted

She reached over and gently patted the back

a

shook her head. “No.”

is all your fault.” Mrs. Evert frowned and turned

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