Chapter 47

Ate dinner, Arabella retreated to her room, leaving Delilah and Shawn alone in the living room. Delilah lingered at the

bh, not in any rush to clear the plates and silverware. Instead, she recounted her kitchen conversation with

thesa kwahy to Shawn.

tok Awa’s under the impression that we’re up to our eyeballs in debt,” Delilah sald, propping her elbows on the tabs and furrowing her brow in thought. Though their daughter hadn’t pressed the issue further, Delilah’s intuition told ber that Mira bait certainly gotten the wrong end of the stick.

Shawn glanced at her. “Surely it’s not that bad. She just happened to run into the accountant downstairs.”

Delilah shook her head. “No, the first thing out of her mouth was whether we had visitors today.”

“You might be reading too much into it. She was probably just making conversation. Besides, Mira Isn’t the type to get worked up over such things” Shawn said nonchalantly.

sighed, then her eyes lit up as an idea struck her. “What If we gave

this sugestion, Shawn actually found the idea quite reasonable, but added, “The last black card I gave her, she

just withdraw some cash and hand it to her.”

first day of school, I planned

the

these days all use mobile payments.

of his

transfer? Oh, right, how could I forget about Messenger!” Delilah slapped her forehead,

ages ago, and Delilah quickly located her daughter. While opening the payment panel she asked, “Shawn, how much do you think

at the corners, “Let’s keep it low–key. You’ll give

upheld the principle of modesty and not flaunting wealth. Even their foster daughter was unaware of their real financial status, believing they were just an average family. Of course, anyone

comment. “And were you this concerned about being

his throat, pretending not to hear his wife’s pointed question.

a moment and then suggested, “How about I just transfer ter thousand? That’s modest enough,

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