Chapter 653

"Fiona's father getting suspended from his job is enough as it is, but it seems that he was also taken away for investigation. I heard that they found a lot of money in her house and all the money was money her father had embezzled for many years. But apparently, he never spent a single cent and tucked it all away. Is that even considered embezzling?"

"Of course. If he's been embezzling for all those years, I'm glad someone finally caught him. Remember how annoyingly full of herself Fiona used to be? Look at her now. I guess it’s just karma."

"I heard that it has something to do with Miss Lane. I mean, where would a 30-year-old woman like her have such power to do something like this?"

"I heard she has some connections with a powerful man."

"I don't think so. I heard she's Carlson's daughter and h e came into the shop the other day ..."

I knew I could not stay in the bathroom any longer, so I got up and pushed the door open when their chatter came to an abrupt halt.

They looked at me and greeted me awkwardly, "Miss Lane."

I nodded and did not say anything to them.

that would end up hurting them when they were young, but as I looked back now, I realized it was just because we were not bold

so I should just treat it like

to the office, Carlson called. He told m e that he was almost done with work and he wanted t o

to be appointed from the council and the new

day. At night after dinner, he was ready to go back to Whaldorf City. I took him to

the window in a trance. All the people I knew were gone and life had gone back to its previous quiet state

the month,

cultural sights. Fred took the children along for a hike and a visit

with a church at the top. Not many people visited the place daily but w e saw a

i n a good mood. During the hike, they did not complain about being tired even until we reached the top of the

Fred and me as we knelt down in the pew with our heads bowed. He looked so pious that he did not

looked at him and tugged at Fred's sleeve." Daddy, light a candle

head like him. "Munchkin doesn't even look like a four-year -old when he’s

Munchkin and

faintly see traces of Mason in

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