Not A Small-Town Girl

Audrey. [Audrey, isn’t she the relative you mentioned a few days ago? The one from a poor village.]

Seeing the message, Audrey immediately called her friend. "Hope, where are you?"

"I’m at the mall we went to last time. I didn’t expect to run into that evil relative of yours," Hope replied.

"What? How could she afford to shop at such an upscale mall? She didn’t even come home last night, leaving us worried sick. We don’t even know with whom she spent the night, and now she’s here shopping?" Audrey refrained from revealing Danielle’s true identity, deliberately misleading her friend.

"Really? She seems decent-looking but turns out to be nothing more than a hooker." Hope scoffed, completely taken in by Audrey’s insinuations.

"She’s new to Soufield and doesn’t know better. I can see why she’d give in to temptation, but I don’t agree with making money through disgraceful means. If she’d just told us, we could’ve helped. I really worry about her as a sister," Audrey added, feigning concern.

Thoroughly deceived, Hope replied, "You’re too kind, Audrey. Don’t worry. I’ll teach her a lesson for you." She looked at Danielle with growing disdain, fully convinced that she was an indecent woman.

by the thinly veiled insult. She hadn’t expected to be snubbed by the sales associate. The sales

face to seduce men

around to see a haughty woman dressed

are you calling poor? And who’s seducing men for money?"

shameless can one be?"

associates whispered to one another,

you this. If you have proof of your accusations, show it." Danielle shot a chilling

of your concern. Your guilty reaction proves you’re hiding something," she

woman? Why is she throwing these accusations at me out of the blue? I

it. Otherwise, I’ll

brewing tension, the sales associate intervened. "Miss Hill, please don’t stoop to her level. Let me assist you with whatever you need." The sales associate brushed off Danielle as if she

on her face, Hope pointed to the dress Danielle was eyeing. "I want to try that