Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 860

Chapter 860

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Rebecca froze, her gaze fixed on Zoey. The corners of her eyes, which had sagged slightly, now lifted, filled with scrutiny as she tried to gauge whether the younger woman was joking.

But it was clear that Zoey was not joking–she was dead serious.

A rush of blood flooded Rebecca’s head as she struggled to catch her breath, scarcely able to believe that Zoey was asking her for money to buy medicine. They were family by marriage, and this was for medicine. Did she have to be so calculative about it?

Suppressing the humiliation that bubbled up inside her Rebecca shot a glance at Tara. There were s things she simply couldn’t voice, given her senior status.

some

Recognizing the cue, Tara mustered the courage to ask, “Could you lend us the money for now, Madam Zoey? We can pay you back later.”

“I rushed out of my home this morning. How could I possibly have that much money on me?” Zoey replied.

could always go back and fetch it first,” Tara suggested,

redundant? I’d have to make an

eventually. You can’t be saying that a

flushed with anger, her complexion darkening. It was clear Zoey was

to laugh it off. “How could that be? It just so happens that the steward

Viola in th

on Viola in the meantime. Once you have the funds, send them over to Grace Mansion. It’s just running an errand for you. There’s no reason I shouldn’t help

offered a polite nod and left. Once outside the courtyard, a cold smile crept onto

ask her for money to buy

settle herself after narrowly escaping death. The thought of her brush with the afterlife sent

someone to be so fragile and be unable to bear any burden. If living was so difficult, what was the

to throw herself into the river, and failing that, she hung herself. It showed the depths of her despair, the sheer hopelessness that

her late sister–in–law’s death had

Yet, Zoey laid out one point after another, painting a picture of a bitter,

woman was

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