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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Why do we need her here?”
was on their minds, but Jolene hardly lifted an eyebrow at their criticism.
swung open the door. Just
“Miss Marsh.”
and looked back at
polite, maintaining the distance that separated
flashed her an embarrassed grin. “I apologize, Miss Marsh. My sister’s still
worry about it,” she replied quickly. “Miss Gellar, you’re
family dinner had
trailed behind Mrs. Evert and graciously escorted
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stayed behind. Mrs. Evert had wanted her and Bowen to
Jolene returned to bid goodbye to Mrs. Evert.
slid a shiny, red envelope out
work
a quick glance at the envelope, Jolene already knew that
the reason behind such
trying to refuse and simply accepted it. “Thank you,
over and gently patted the back of Jolene’s hand.
don’t have a
her head. “No.”
fault.” Mrs. Evert frowned and
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