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.

told Hannah to refuse his request

to work with anyone who had no sense of professional ethics. Even when Mr. Ferguson

turned

was

studio all afternoon, hoping to catch her. He

go; when she spotted Leander still waiting, she offered a

here

two exits. She

sometimes was, realized what was going on.

darkened as he stalked away in

...

but today was the Lantern

of it, even scolded him, but Stewart wouldn't budge. In the end, Cedric gave

him to bring Irwin to the

Carl pulled up out front. Stewart, dressed head-to-toe in black, climbed into

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