Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Sophie Kenwick could not recall ever being treated so poorly before.

Although her father had taught her to forgive others whenever she could, she found it hard to tolerate the lack of respect any further. "Excuse me, can you let me browse in peace?" she asked calmly. Her tone did not make her appear to be an innocent girl, however.

Nevertheless, the sales assistant wasn't backing off but even rolled her eyes at Sophie. "Can you let us sell clothes in peace? How are we supposed to sell any of those if you dirty them up?"

Sophie was speechless.

She remembered her father's advice about forgiveness and letting things go, but he also taught her not to tolerate what was intolerable.

She clenched her fists tightly. "What makes you think I won't buy it?"

"Look at yourself! You don't look like you're here to buy anything," the sales assistant retorted.

"What's wrong with the way I look?" Sophie asked defensively.

toe. "You look poor," she said in a sarcastic tone, not

of customers in the store increased, and the ladies who had witnessed the exchange could not resist rolling their

of them even started speaking up as she browsed through the racks.

she was poor, so how could someone

Meanwhile, the sales assistant

customer shared her contempt. "Miss, you heard it yourself. our customers don't like you loitering around here. Just buy what you want and leave, and if

"Then what?" Sophie prompted.

walking off in annoyance, thinking that there was

dressed in affordable attire from head to toe, looking like the kind of poor kid who

on her to buy

long time knew how to assess their customers, judging their spending power based on their appearance within

she had never

was