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Taken aback, Amelia asked, "Were you really invited? Or is it a lie? After all, you're also from our family. Why would she invite you?"

"Why wouldn't she? Not everyone from our family is heartless," Charlotte said with great pleasure and satisfaction. "Go back and tell Serena so that she'll tell Rebecca. Let her stew over it a bit." Amelia smiled wryly. "Aunt Charlotte, are you and my mother-in-law truly at such odds?"

Charlotte sneered. "Who's at odds with her? I just can't stand her greed, ruthlessness, and ingratitude. Amelia, let me tell you something you might not want to hear-you're foolish. You can't even tell who's good to you and who's not."

"How could I not tell? Aunt Charlotte, you know my own family is not supportive, my husband doesn't care much for me, and my mother-in-law looks down on me. What can I do?" Amelia replied.

"You may not be able to do much, but don't aid their schemes," Charlotte said firmly. "Your mother-in-law, Viola, Aurora, and your youngest sister-in-law are all terrible people. They all want to make things difficult for Carissa. Just don't help them."

"Of course, I won't," Amelia quickly assured.

"Amelia, sometimes pretending to be deaf and dumb can be quite useful," Charlotte said with a meaningful look.

Amelia was somewhat slow on the uptake, so it took a while for her to understand.

Finally, she said, "Recently, I've been feeling unwell. I need to rest for a while."

Charlotte smiled. "Go ahead, then. Call a physician to check on you. Let them cause their own troubles, and don't worry about anything else."

thanked her,

at the invitation. She hadn't planned to attend. She knew Carissa valued sentiment, but her presence would be inappropriate. At Helen's birthday banquet, her appearance would inevitably represent the Warren family. She didn't want to associate Carissa

she decided to send a gift in advance but would not attend

hadn't mentioned whether she had received an invitation. As she spoke,

"Amelia, what's wrong?"

managed to utter, her

the seasons changing from winter to spring, the fluctuations

"Madam Amelia, you should really take care of your health. If your constitution isn't well maintained, having children

the physician

Viola's hand,

In

failing me won't be able to help you in the future. You'll have to take on more of the responsibilities around the house,

only ever found her useful for a few things in the past. Despite being somewhat inept, at least there was someone to use. Now that Amelia was ill and required treatment, it would

a dutiful daughter-in-law, it

sister-in-law. Instead, Viola had to offer some words of comfort. To demonstrate her own virtue

her sister-in-law's quarters, Viola went to Rebecca's room to assist with her medication. She overheard Rebecca and Serena discussing Helen's birthday