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.

back and fetch it first,” Tara suggested, her

chuckled. “Isn’t that a bit redundant? I’d have to make

After all, you’ll need to pay me back eventually. You can’t be saying that a prestigious family like yours can’t come up with two

complexion darkening. It was clear Zoey

“How could that be? It just so happens that the steward isn’t here at the moment, so… so

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the meantime. Once you have the funds, send them over to Grace Mansion. It’s

a polite nod and left. Once

to ask her for

after narrowly escaping death. The thought of

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

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 led her to such a drastic

first, she believed her late sister–in–law’s death had nothing to do with her, but then

had resisted this notion. Yet, Zoey laid out one point after

woman was

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