Maisie and Farley had been shadowing Murray, wary of being spotted. They were too far away to see anything clearly, wishing for a pair of binoculars to magically appear in their hands. One thing was crystal clear though - Murray had found himself a new flame!

No wonder he ditched Millie!

For the past month, Maisie and Farley had been living the high life, courtesy of the Sherwood family. Beverley had catered to their every whim, making their days incredibly comfortable. So comfortable, in fact, they dreaded returning to their previous life of scraping by.

After all, with the money they were after, they wouldn't have to worry for the rest of their lives.

Just when Beverley seemed at her breaking point, the two decided I was time to grab the cash and run.

But when Maisie hit Beverley with a demand for fifty million, Beverley looked like she'd seen a ghost. She was so shocked, she couldn't speak for a full minute.

When she figured out Maisie wasn't kidding, Beverley lost it, laughing sarcastically, "Fifty million? In your dreams!" and then she stormed off.

After that, Beverley cut off all contact with Maisie, drying up their financial wellspring and leaving them high and dry.

Realizing they might have pushed too far, they considered lowering their ask.

"Mom, how about... we ask for five million instead?"

bit the bullet, "Fine,

even take Maisie's calls

over, so there was no need to keep appeasing these greedy

bodyguards and heightened security, getting close to him was impossible. They resorted to staking out and following

Maisie was planning to get a closer look, her phone rang. Annoyed, she ducked behind a

and Farley? Why haven't you visited me? I've been alone in the hospital. Don't

moving out

gone back to see Millie. She was always

So after a month,

still hospitalized.

en

quickly took the phone, "Are you Millie's family? She's very unstable

want to go. She

money, about

that fancy hospital, and she's still making a fuss?

just never satisfied,

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