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.

go back and fetch it first,” Tara suggested, her voice

that a bit redundant? I’d have to make an extra trip to the estate.

You can’t be saying that a prestigious family like yours can’t

anger, her complexion darkening. It was

that the steward isn’t here at the moment, so… so

Viola in th

cool. “Then, send someone to fetch him. I’ll check on Viola in the meantime. Once you have the

Zoey offered a polite nod and left. Once outside

it all–daring to ask her for money to buy

narrowly escaping death. The thought of her brush with

she had held a ridiculous and pitying attitude towards Amelia’s death, thinking it was absurd for someone to be so fragile and be unable to bear any burden. If living was

nearly died herself, Viola understood just how terrifying death could be. And yet Amelia, that timid woman, had chosen death. She had first tried to throw herself into the river, and failing that, she hung herself. It showed the depths of her despair, the sheer hopelessness that

pang of sadness for Amelia, along with a bit of guilt. At first, she believed her late sister–in–law’s death had nothing to do with her, but then Zoey scolded her and pointed out that Amelia’s suicide

point after another, painting a picture of a bitter,

woman was her,

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