From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 23

Five hundred dollars? That was so expensive!

The pharmacist chuckled, “Madam, there are a couple of high–end supplements in this prescription. Your cost is already a discounted rate.”

Discounted? That still seemed like highway robbery!

Carole was taken aback and quickly tugged at Anthea’s sleeve. “Ann, let’s bail on this. I’m doing. alright and don’t need this stuff. With a couple of days of rest, I’ll be as good as new.”

“If you’re not interested, no skin off my nose,” the pharmacist said, taking back the medicine.

Anthea patted Carole’s hand with a reassuring smile and faced the pharmacist, “We’ll take them. Here’s the cash.” As she spoke, Anthea pulled out the exact amount from her pocket and handed it over.

The pharmacist fed the bills into the cash counter, exactly five hundred dollars.

Carole was heartbroken, “Ann, I’m really fine!”

“Mom, money comes and goes, but you only live once,” Anthea said earnestly.

“Your daughter is right. How could five hundred dollars compared to your health?” the

pharmacist handed the supplements over to Carole. “Madam, you’ve raised a fine daughter!”

you,” Carole said, accepting

Anthea then headed

planned to buy some fresh fish and meat. Carole needed to build

Morris

life, so she adapted to the lavish lifestyle of

couldn’t get used to was the absence of Anthea, that infuriating bitch, from the

her previous life, Rebecca found some perverse pleasure in tormenting Anthea when boredom

thought, a system notification beep echoed in her

accessed the invisible control

on the

one of Capital City’s top ten families, the

Chapter 23

of Daniel?” Rebecca

of a young man with striking

her eyes, Rebecca commanded, “Pull up Daniel’s recent

obliged, displaying a detailed itinerary.

scrutinizing the schedule, Rebecca sat at

Rebecca’s

and Mr. Christensen