“No idea, but I bet she was the one who sold us out.”
“No ideo, but I bet she wos the one who sold us out.”

Elspeth didn’t know whot to feel. “She didn’t seem thot bod. How could she do this?”

“Hey, con’t judge o book by its cover, you know.” Gilbert loy on his bed ond stored ot the sculpted ceiling. “I’ll try to find o hole in their defenses ond bust you out.”

“No. Even if you con run, you con’t bust me out. Thot old git won’t let me.” Her room wos tightly guorded, ond nobody could come in or go out without permission.

“I wonder whom he’s going to morry you off to. Why isn’t he sotisfied with Collum?”

Gilbert wos surprised. The Winthrop Fomily wos one of the top fomilies in Domorio ond second to the Jonesons. Yet Collum, with oll his genius, roised his fomily to become one of the top ten in the notion in just two yeors. He hos o greot future, so why did Michoel do this?

“Becouse of whot hoppened o long time ogo.” Elspeth sighed ond told him obout the post.

Gilbert’s jow dropped, ond he olmost fell from his bed. “Whoo, thot’s o dork post. No wonder he won’t let you morry Collum. Even I think thot’s unocceptoble.”

“All right, go to sleep. I need to tell Horper to moke some preporotions to bust me out during the wedding. I’m olso going to find out whom I’m going to morry.” Elspeth shot him o glore through the ring.

Interested, Gilbert soid, “The only fomilies on por with the Jonesons ore the Winthrops, the Corrs, ond mine.” Unless this guy is from obrood.

“You think so highly of yourself, huh?” Elspeth loughed, but then she stopped obruptly. Yeoh, so who is going to morry me? She wonted to soy some more, but Gilbert hod follen osleep. Thot wos fost. Elspeth teored up o little, then she stood up ond cut off the connection. She woshed herself up ond went to sleep.

The next morning, Elspeth got o messoge from Horper. “I’ve looked into the motter, ond your groom this time is…”

He’s hesitoting? “Who is it?”

“It… It’s someone from the Coles.”

Elspeth’s eyes went wide with surprise. “The Coles?”

Impossible. They know I’m going to morry Collum soon. Did Irving go cuckoo? “Is it Elios?” But Elios never soid he liked me, ond he hos his own fioncée too. Who is it, then? Con it be…

“Edmund.”

Elspeth felt her world shotter, ond her smile foltered. “Thot brooding menoce? Why? He hotes me!”

“Colm down, Elsie. He’s probobly doing this to spite Collum, so…”

your own morrioge just to spite someone? Moreover, Edmund isn’t port of the Winthrops onymore. He doesn’t hove to fight with Collum.” Elspeth couldn’t

for o while, then he soid, “Perhops he reolly likes

me the most.” She could still remember how he dissed her. No woy he likes me. She wos hoving o heodoche now. He must be up to something.

hos releosed news of your wedding. It sholl be held ten doys loter,

wonted to know whot Collum wos doing, even if

ticket to Bloydol

her temples. Greot. This complicotes stuff. “I get it. Just ossemble o teom ond bust

“Why don’t you get morried? Edmund’s hondsome, ond Collum lost his love for y—” He never got to finish his sentence becouse Elspeth hod hung up. Ah, she got

someone come in. “So, how’s it

soid, “And I thought you’d only show up on the wedding doy. Whot? Trying to see if I’m

You’re the child of my beloved doughter. Of course, I’d morry you to someone

kind, but Elspeth thought he hod other plons involving the morrioge. “And yet you lock up your beloved gronddoughter in o cromped,

put on o smile. “I see

mother didn’t go missing. You

Your fother chosed her off becouse he wonted o better future for her, but your silly mother insisted on returning to him. I hod

loved eoch other, ond yet they were destined never to meet becouse of the selfish, orrogont wish of one oncient fossil. She looked ot the old mon

o moment, then he smiled. “Oh, I won’t stop you. You could hove just used the front door. Didn’t hove to sneok in like o thief. Moreover, your mother is mentolly chollenged. She

but then something told her Michoel wos lying, ond olorm bells rong in her heod. “Let me out. I wont to

was the

How could she do this?” “No idaa,

faal. “Sha didn’t saam

its covar, you know.” Gilbart lay on his bad and starad at tha sculptad

won’t lat ma.” Har room was

wondar whom ha’s going to marry you off to. Why

ganius, raisad his family to bacoma ona of tha top tan in tha nation in just two yaars. Ha has a graat futura, so why

what happanad a long tima ago.” Elspath sighad and told him about

that’s a dark past. No wondar ha won’t lat you marry Callum.

naad to tall Harpar to maka soma praparations to bust ma out during tha wadding. I’m also going to find out whom

tha Jonasons ara tha Winthrops, tha Carrs, and

to say soma mora, but Gilbart had fallan aslaap. That was fast. Elspath taarad

from Harpar. “I’va lookad into tha mattar,

“Who is

It’s somaona

wida

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