Chapter 60
Sarah tried hard to persuade Wilma. After all, her father and two brothers had promised her that they would give her 6,000 dollars out of the 60,000 dollars.
The 6,000 dollars was equivalent to her one–year salary!
However, no matter what Sarah and Luke said, Wilma did not agree with them. In the end, Sarah said ruthlessly, “Daniel and Edward said that if this deal went off because of you, they’d blame you for life if Henry and Richard couldn’t afford to buy a house or marry a wife!”
Wilma was angry and anxious. “You guys… Do you guys have any conscience? Have you forgotten how Rosalie treated us before?”
Sarah smiled. “Mom, let the past be the past. We should focus on the present. You can’t risk all of us and ruin the future of the younger generations just for her. Besides, Rosalie is part of the reason why Henry and Richard can’t find themselves a wife. A girl from a good family will never be willing to get married to them after hearing that one of our family members was once a prisoner! If Henry and Richard don’t have a marital home, it would be even more impossible for them to get married.”
Wilma gritted his teeth for a while. Then, she looked at her third daughter with tearful eyes. “W–Won’t you feel ashamed in front of your sister?”
Sarah did not take the question seriously. As Rosalie’s mother had been dead for so many years, Sarah’s affection toward her had diminished as time flew by. Furthermore, money was more practical than the relationship between her and her late sister.
Rosalie was surrounded by several cousins in the front hall. Fiona Haberly, her elder cousin said with a faint smile while snacking, “Grandpa said that he has asked your father about you. Your father said that you are just a sweeper now. Is it true?”
Fiona was only one year older than Rosalie. However, when they were younger, Fiona would be downgraded when people compared her to Rosalie. Rosalie was a top student since young. On the other hand, Fiona could not even get into any university. Eventually, she went to work after graduating from high school and then married a blacksmith in the neighboring town.
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family, was still Rosalie’s boyfriend. Thus, when Fiona compared her husband to Zachary, she would feel defeated and ashamed.
facing her downfall, Fiona naturally wanted to belittle her.
a sweeper now,”
in the future, you might not need-” Before Fiona could finish her words,
Fiona stop continuing her sentence. Then, she looked at Rosalie with an expression as if she was going to watch a show and thought, “Humph! No matter how good she is at studying, she’ll have
soon as Wilma saw her, she
you? It’s all because of my weak body. I couldn’t help you when something happened to you back then.”
playing its role. That’s why
glared at Fiona, who then shut up
“Fortunately, I didn’t suffer a lot. Besides, I’m released now. I’ll visit here often and be more filial to you and Granddad in
her words, Wilma felt
their plan, so they hurriedly asked everyone to sit down and have New Year’s Eve dinner together. During dinner, Daniel, Edward, and
drink some wine. You should come back and
with a smile, “I’ve stopped drinking, Aunt
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got
hearing Rosalie’s words, Sarah instantly choked and
Rosalie. You can have a glass or two. You don’t drive
it, we’ll
have been swallowed by dogs. Do you really want to push Rosalie into
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