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.

you’re right,” Delilah sighed, then her eyes lit up as an idea struck her. “What If we gave her another credit card? That way, she wouldn’t think we’re

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

an eyebrow. “Simple. I’ll just withdraw some cash

her to school on the first day of school, I planned to stop by the ATM for

dismissed the idea with

all use mobile

of

about Messenger!” Delilah slapped her forehead, stood

quickly located her daughter. While opening the payment panel she

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

all their family had always upheld the principle of modesty and not flaunting wealth. Even their foster daughter was unaware of their real financial status, believing they were just

rolled her eyes at her husband’s comment. “And were you this concerned about being low–key when you handed her the black

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

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

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