When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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“So, you mean…” the first person trailed off.

“I’m thinking about Ms. Minnie’s daughter, the granddaughter of the Garrison family!” the man replied. “I heard she’s gorgeous, has a great figure, and the elders adore her. If she takes a liking to me, I’ll save myself more than ten years of hard work!”

“Dream on! That’s the Garrison family we’re talking about! You don’t even have an invitation to the banquet, so stop fantasizing about the impossible.”

“If I don’t stand a chance, then what about you?”

“Funny enough, I think I stand a chance.”

Calvin sipped the last of his red wine and placed the glass down, feeling satisfied. He glanced at the gilded invitation on the coffee table. “The Garrisons seem to have something interesting going on… Let’s see how this unfolds.”

The Campbells, the Johnsons, and the Grahams had all received invitations to the event. Calvin, Hansel, and Zach initially weren’t interested in attending.

However, rumors about the Garrison family had been spiraling out of control in the past few days. All sorts of wild stories circulated around.

Some said that Minnie had been sold to a remote village as a bride after getting abducted, only to be abandoned after giving birth to her daughter.

Others claimed that Minnie was as beautiful as a fairy and had given birth to an equally stunning daughter. Unfortunately, the daughter was a simpleton and mentally challenged.

more and more outrageous, yet not

the saying went, the

not mistaken, the birthday

Hansel said, “It depends.”

answered, “I’m

fun these days? What are you, priests?

help it. I’ve got a girlfriend now. I won’t join you two single men in your antics,

going to play cards? Are we

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impatieritly.

Even if he attended Aren’s birthday banquet tomorrow, it would only be for formality’s sake in

immediately. “Let’s do it. What

tell me,”

up with something, Zach suggested with a grin, “How about this? Whoever lost between you two has to ask the granddaughter of the Garrison

and Hansel exchanged a glance. Calvin raised an eyebrow and said, “I’m in. The question is whether Hans

didn’t care and

venue was teeming