Chapter 126

Hannah burst out, "Can you believe Sophia quoted Mr. Ferguson half our price? It's obvious she's targeting us on purpose!"

Half the price?

Briony just smiled.

"Briony! How are you still smiling right now?" Hannah glared at her, frustrated. "That's downright underhanded! She's blatantly breaking the rules-completely shameless!"

"It's fine." Briony patted Hannah's shoulder reassuringly. "Mr. Ferguson will come back to us."

At those words, Hannah finally relaxed. Briony never made promises lightly-if she said it with that kind of certainty, she must have a plan.

Sure enough, on the night of the Lantern Festival, Mr. Ferguson called again.

Sophia had messed up-badly.

She'd botched the restoration of a late 19th-century porcelain vase, leaving it almost unrecognizable.

no choice but to come

Hannah to refuse

sense of professional ethics. Even

Ferguson turned around

Hudson family was

the studio all afternoon, hoping

spotted Leander still waiting, she offered a "helpful” reminder:

Leander frowned. "I've been here the whole time-I

smiled. "We have two exits.

sometimes was, realized what was going on. Briony was deliberately

face darkened as he

...

cleared to leave the hospital, but today was

him, but Stewart

to bring Irwin to

out front. Stewart, dressed head-to-toe in black, climbed into the car, careful

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