When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0714

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At that moment, Miranda finally realized what was happening. The trio must be a scammer.

Tobin sneered. “Did you hear that, miss? You really screwed up today. You’re not walking away without paying for this.”

Miranda shot him a sarcastic smile. “You’re telling me this rusty metal box is a family heirloom? Do I look that stupid?”

He snickered. “The box itself isn’t worth anything, of course. It’s what’s inside that matters. Bram, since she’s being difficult, why don’t you show her what’s inside?”

Bram opened the box and revealed a pile of broken pieces. “See this? This vase has been in my family for generations. It’s priceless.

“It’s real blue–and–white porcelain. Do you know how rare and valuable this stuff is? Even today, it’d be worth a fortune at an auction.”

the elderly man, now helped to his feet by Bram, lit a cigarette and slowly took a drag. “I know you didn’t do it on purpose, but this really is a family treasure. Everyone in our family treasures

why was it out in the middle of the road at night? And why was it packed in a rusty

vase is fragile,

of

“We were moving today, so we had to take everything out. The we were worried it might get damaged, so we temporarily put it

us. Then, out nowhere, your car swerved and hit the box and sent it flying into the street. Luckily, we jumped to the guardrail just in time. If we hadn’t, you wouldn’t just have broken

car was going straight the whole time, and I didn’t even swerve. How could I have hit something on the side of

the middle of the street. Perhaps,

of scamming you?” Tobin’s expression darkened,

responded coldly, “Isn’t that exactly

think we’re scamming you, then we are. But you’re not walking out of

it’s best to let the cops sort it out. There are cameras on this road, and my car has a dashcam. Once they check it, the truth will

she added that her car had a dashcam, his expression grew

no need to make a big deal out of this. We messed up, but you’re not totally blameless,