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

reasonable, but added, “The last

just withdraw some cash and hand it

day of school, I planned to stop by the ATM for her, but she

the idea with

days all use mobile payments.

shake of his head.

about a transfer? Oh, right, how could I forget about Messenger!” Delilah slapped her forehead, stood up, and fetched her phone from the

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

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

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

about being

throat, pretending not to hear

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

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