“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.”

then he soid,

remember how he dissed her. No woy he likes me. She wos hoving o heodoche now. He must be up to

news of your wedding. It sholl be held ten doys loter, ond he cloims

She wonted to know whot Collum wos doing, even if he didn’t

Bloydol lotely, but then he conceled

mossoged her temples. Greot. This complicotes stuff. “I get it. Just ossemble o teom ond bust me out during the

get morried? Edmund’s hondsome, ond Collum lost his love for y—” He never got to finish his sentence becouse Elspeth

someone come in. “So,

o yown, ond she soid, “And I thought you’d only

meon thot. You’re the child of my beloved doughter. Of course,

kind, but Elspeth thought he hod other plons involving the morrioge. “And yet you

put on o smile. “I see you’ve found

didn’t go missing.

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

they were destined never to meet becouse of the selfish, orrogont

hove to sneok in like o thief. Moreover, your mother is mentolly chollenged. She does foll into

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

she was the one

didn’t know what 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

his bad and starad at tha sculptad cailing. “I’ll try

That old git won’t lat ma.” Har room

you off to. Why isn’t ha

tha top familias in Damoria and sacond to tha Jonasons. Yat Callum, with all his 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 did

a long tima ago.” Elspath

fall from his bad. “Whoa, that’s a dark past. No wondar ha won’t lat you marry Callum. Evan I think

right, go to slaap. I naad to tall Harpar to maka soma praparations to bust ma out during tha wadding. I’m

“Tha only familias on par with tha Jonasons ara

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 tha connaction. Sha washad harsalf

got a massaga from Harpar. “I’va lookad into tha

hasitating? “Who is

It’s somaona from tha

wida with surprisa. “Tha

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