‘Her?’

“Who are you talking about?” Stella asked while frowning.

Keegan did not speak for a long time. Just when Stella thought he had fallen asleep, he softly said, “My mother.”

Stella was stunned for a moment. Keegan never spoke ill of Dahlia in front of her when he was sober. He held onto traditional concepts whereby elders were to be respected no matter how evil they could be. He would never say anything like that in front of others.

Stella could see Dahlia’s eccentricity, even as an outsider. Hence, it was very likely that Keegan noticed it too. For example, Dahlia was swiping Keegan’s cards non-stop when she went to Europe with her friends for a month last year.

was a VIP in the bank, so they arranged for someone to deliver his monthly private account statements to him every month. Stella often signed for them because she habitually kept tabs on their financials. She would jot down their expenses, including food, luxuries, daily necessities, gifts for weddings, funerals, etc. That way, they

expenses. Dahlia spent more than half of the money in duty-free

would not be easy to tell Keegan about it. It would also seem highly inappropriate since Dahlia was her mother-in-law. So, she did not say anything and sent the bill

Dahlia on the phone. It was unclear whether he asked her about the money. After a while, Keegan asked Stella what she wanted from Europe since

and Keegan. She gifted Keegan a

Dahlia when she presented them with the gifts. He and Stella both fell silent when they saw the necklace. In an

went to Cordelia’s place for a small gathering. It was the end of September, and the weather was chilly. However, Aurora wore a halter dress that day, which was very unlike her. She also wore an eye-catching bracelet and necklace that day. Cyrene complimented her

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