From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 164)

Edna gently patted Delle’s hand. The weather’s been dreadful letely, lots of rain. Your arthritis must be acting up, do take care

Okay, Delia nodded, her face shrouded in a thick veil of concem.

Their emotions remained unspoken, yet understood.

Delle no longer resisted accepting Edna’s gift, reminding her, “It’s getting late, be careful driving home.”

Edna nodded in acknowledgment.

After Edna left, Della didn’t immediately depart. Instead, she stood there, watching the taillights of the sedan vanish into the night before she tumed and made her way back to the estate.

After Sarah left, Anthea busied herself at home, tinkering with microchips, eager to get her temperature–regulating clothing line on the market

She then picked up a few gigs on GlobalGigaNet.

With her hands full, Anthea decided not to help out at the diner that evening

The next moming, after a run with Tanya, Anthea was just approaching the entrance of her neighborhood when a stretch Lincoln suddenly blocked her path.

The car door swung open, and six uniformed men stepped out one by one, lining up in formation. All in black suits and sunglasses.

out of a movie, depicting the grand entrance of

So cool!

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basking in the attention like a star among

was taken aback, “Mrs. Christensen?”

in plain clothes, Anthea was a bit thrown off by

dashed over and enveloped Anthea in a warm hug,

and was struck by how stunning she looked–more beautiful than even in her own

boasted, “Are you surprised? Thought you saw the wrong

“A little, yeah”

you we’re

believe it now”

didn’t just have a mine, they might as well own

mint

went on, “My grandson is quite

do you say, consider

having an elder

Karen was just

the subject, “Mrs. Christensen, it’s boiling out here. Let’s go inside

turned to her bodyguards, “Bring the gear, follow