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Chapter 46 A Mother’s Dilemma
Chapter 46 A Mother’s Dilemma
“Mrs. Munoz, may I ask if Mr. Munoz’s tax evasion is true?
“Do you know about this? Have you helped him?”
“Your eldest daughter, Harriet, is now married to Mr. Delbert. Will you seek his help in resolving this matter?”
“By the way, why haven’t we seen your second daughter, Nora? Can we ask her to come out and comment on this matter?”
The reporters bombarded Bessie with questions, each one more aggressive than the last.
As she grappled with the relentless onslaught, Bessie silently urged herself to endure through this trying time.
Since there was no bad news coming from Nora, she probably had successfully executed their plan.
Bessie could then leverage her motherly influence, and the Carlson Group’s money would flow in, making her the esteemed first lady of Meawood City.
With that secured, she would simply ignore Clifton and leave him to clean up his mess.
Clifton, lurking in the shadows, found the situation too intense. Attempting to slip away unnoticed, he was unluckily noticed by
Bessie.
“Honey, you’re back!”
The reporters followed Bessie’s line of sight and saw Clifton. Their
eyes lit up, and they immediately rushed over, directing their
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Frustrated and agitated by the reporters’ unrelenting questions, he cursed Bessie under his breath. Hastily summoning his bodyguards to ward off the press, he whisked Bessie indoors.
Observing the chaotic scene across the street was a figure clad in white.
After watching for a while, she went back to her car and texted Harriet.
[Task done! We’re even now.]
She tossed the phone aside and drove off.
She still had unfinished business to attend to.
Back in the living room, Clifton confronted Bessie angrily. “What is going on?”
She snapped back, “How would I know? You should clean up your own mess.”
“No one knows about this. Who leaked the information?”
Anxiety gripped Clifton, and he paced back and forth.
“What’s the big deal? You can go and ask Mr. Delbert for help,” Bessie said, annoyed by his action.
She then triumphantly added, “Didn’t you go to the island today? Does Delbert listen to Nora in every way?”
Clifton looked at her with scorn. “What are you talking about? Mr. Delbert’s fiancée is Harriet, isn’t it?”
He paused and added, “You’re right, though. Today on the island, I saw that Mr. Delbert was indeed concerned about that silly girl. I’m his future father-in-law, and he will definitely…”
But his words were interrupted by Bessie’s shock.
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“Wait! What did you say?”
Her expression shifted dramatically. Grasping his collar, she
confronted him with a mix of fear and anger “On the island, wasn’t it
Nora? How did it become Harriet?”
Bessie had personally handed Harriet over to those traffickers. How could she have appeared on the island?
If Harriet was safe, then what about Nora?
A chilling realization dawned on Bessie, draining the color from her face..
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