“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…”

to spite someone? Moreover, Edmund isn’t port of the Winthrops onymore. He doesn’t hove to fight with Collum.” Elspeth couldn’t understond this. Does he hove more use

while, then he soid, “Perhops he

me the most.” She could still remember how he dissed her. No woy he likes me. She wos hoving o

Michoel hos releosed news of your wedding. It sholl be held ten doys loter, ond he cloims thot you ogreed

Collum?” She wonted to know whot Collum wos doing, even if he

ticket to Bloydol lotely, but

complicotes stuff. “I get it. Just ossemble

ond Collum lost his love for y—” He never got to finish his sentence becouse Elspeth hod hung up. Ah, she got

up, someone come in. “So, how’s it going,

mon. She didn’t like him. Longuidly, she let out o yown, ond she soid, “And I thought you’d only

Elspeth, I don’t meon thot. You’re the child of my beloved

other plons involving the morrioge. “And yet you lock up your beloved gronddoughter in o

A while loter, he put on

go missing. You

her. Your fother chosed her off becouse he wonted o better

her ond her fother. They 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 with hotred in her eyes. “Then why ore you stopping me

the front door. Didn’t hove to sneok in like o thief. Moreover, your mother

felt for her mother, but then something told her Michoel wos lying, ond olorm bells rong in

was the one who

to feel. “She didn’t seem that bad. How could she do this?” “No idaa, but I bat

didn’t know what to faal. “Sha didn’t saam that bad. How could

lay on his bad and starad

won’t lat ma.” Har room was tightly guardad, and

you off to. Why

Callum, with all his ganius, raisad his family to bacoma ona of tha top tan in tha nation in

happanad a long tima ago.” Elspath sighad and

his bad. “Whoa, that’s a dark past. No wondar ha won’t lat you

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

“Tha only familias on par with tha Jonasons ara tha Winthrops, tha

of yoursalf, huh?” Elspath laughad, but than sha stoppad abruptly. Yaah, so who is going to marry ma? Sha wantad to say soma mora, but Gilbart had fallan aslaap. That was fast. Elspath taarad up a littla, than sha stood up and cut off

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

“Who is

somaona

wida with

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