Hannah burst out, "Can you believe Sophia quoted Mr. Ferguson half our price? It's obvious she's targeting us on purpose!"

Half the price?

Briony just smiled.

"Briony! How are you still smiling right now?" Hannah glared at her, frustrated. "That's downright underhanded! She's blatantly breaking the rules-completely shameless!"

"It's fine." Briony patted Hannah's shoulder reassuringly. "Mr. Ferguson will come back to us."

At those words, Hannah finally relaxed. Briony never made promises lightly-if she said it with that kind of certainty, she must have a plan.

Sure enough, on the night of the Lantern Festival, Mr. Ferguson called again.

Sophia had messed up-badly.

She'd botched the restoration of a late 19th-century porcelain vase, leaving it almost unrecognizable.

Now, Mr. Ferguson had no choice but to come back to Briony.

Briony told Hannah to refuse

had no sense of professional ethics.

Mr. Ferguson turned around and

Hudson family was thrown

studio all afternoon, hoping to catch her. He

time, all the staff had left. Hannah was the last to go; when she spotted Leander still waiting, she offered a "helpful” reminder: "Sorry, Mr. Hudson, but

left?" Leander frowned. "I've been here

two exits.

he sometimes was, realized what

face darkened as he stalked away

...

officially cleared to leave the hospital, but today

him out of it, even scolded him, but Stewart wouldn't budge. In

to bring Irwin to the

Stewart, dressed head-to-toe in black,

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