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.

“What If we gave her another credit card? That way,

but added, “The last black

“Simple. I’ll just withdraw some

the first day of school, I planned to stop by

immediately dismissed the

use mobile payments. Cash is too

of his head.

forget about Messenger!” Delilah slapped her forehead, stood

payment panel she asked, “Shawn, how much do you think I should transfer to Mira? Half a million? Or a

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

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 an average family. Of course, anyone paying close attention would realize that everything in their home was far from average.

were you this concerned about being low–key when you

to hear his

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

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