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.

choice but

told Hannah to

professional ethics. Even when Mr. Ferguson offered

Mr. Ferguson turned around and

Hudson family was thrown into

father, Leander Hudson-waited outside the studio all afternoon, hoping to catch her. He

had left. Hannah was the last to go; when she spotted Leander still waiting, she offered a "helpful” reminder:

been here the

smiled. "We have two exits. She used the

was, realized what was

face darkened as he

...

the hospital, but today

it, even scolded him, but Stewart wouldn't budge.

to bring

pulled up out front. Stewart, dressed head-to-toe in black, climbed into

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