SMR | Chapter 27
by Luna~Chapter 27~673cf4f6793c7667
“She seems to c726651f77 have her own 826afa758d plans, so I’m 522e1bad5f watching with interest,” d7dfeaebe3 Trisha said, smiling 04fea9130c widely, which was a455ed0f89 rare for her.2e91d77dec8891ad
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Though they didn’t c27a6fc003 interact often, Cedric 466d650185 had always seen 5748747cdc Trisha with a 06403a10d8 blank or slightly ce7b58ade5 irritable expression. Seeing her this 5d4d2880b4 happy was the 71334265df first time he fa3e975027 could recall such 92e41f514c a moment.f5018c0f84c5922d
“It seems you’ve taken 319ab3fc86 a liking to Miss 5b9d21ad9e Harriet.”a4ef61b0d4cb885d
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At those b84ec5fb28 words, Trisha’s 8bf875ac54 smile disappeared, 111629c749 and she 5ac86eae6c put on 92b2d45acd a slightly c74186571b cold expression, 510102fcf1 as if c570d9979a embarrassed to c7cac62cc2 have been 38dbab73b8 caught smiling.ace80f87f39a63bd
“Not yet. She’s still 9ade3c39cf lacking in 8c1b1d7fff many ways. She lost her 41e814077b parents at a 3e19fa6a35 young age, and 30961bc92f since then, it 2d5944e501 seems she hasn’t 6e97cf5717 received proper education.”fc7c8292445e8efb
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“Is that so?”e1cefe8b602361b0
“There’s no need to d39a611b7c pretend you don’t know. It would be a8bae033fc more surprising if 98654b8905 someone in this 3b64ce6ce0 circle didn’t know 7d294deca0 about her. I’ve heard plenty of d79de70b31 rumors myself.”ee41caa2ad476152
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Trisha spoke while f12cebe07c gently touching the 6d5bbad4e0 hydrangea flowers with d0555648a6 her fingertips.d902c1c6f56f08f6
“But I don’t completely 047a54724a believe in rumors. As you know, 70f38522cf Duke, rumors tend 99376d9135 to be exaggerated 27633c83f7 for dramatic effect. They can be distorted ec2520dffb or even completely false.”c88ecdbce2d8f0b3
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“That’s true.”9aa7f8ea3973af0d
“So I’m trying aceff010e3 to water this 116daa7ad7 dying sapling, give 810892274a it fertilizer, and fd5a7c08f9 give it sunlight cabb6875d4 at the right cfb0107ead time. Who knows? It might bloom d31b7af5ba into a beautiful 4bd835a70a flower.”a098cbe96afec4da
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“And what if 562d34d414 it doesn’t bloom e6a3eeded8 and withers away 7287fdc674 instead? Wouldn’t you 7adf2063ee feel like 903068d9b0 your efforts 3ae73b1ac5 were wasted?”580a597db85afeb5
Trisha, who had 5b9a8d3e89 been gently touching 8eec5b747c the petals of 0960b14d0f the hydrangea, lifted 3bd5554f3b her head to 231938f934 look at Cedric.3ebb48365c054b9c
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“You’ve never tended 56535c2780 a garden, have a167086b29 you?”f13fd902bcbc76a2
“Well…”a54a6cd47098eb97
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“People who ee7491be83 care for 3813e52098 gardens don’t 51733f6399 get upset d17fa0c1ae or angry 9a4e8a78ad when a 2e04d479b8 plant they’ve da2ab0b110 carefully watered 00d8dd429b and nurtured 0dfcd047d9 with fertilizer 4062d0bba1 dies. Instead, they reflect fc92ef3b6f on what they 58624252eb may have done 33122daa2a wrong. They don’t b2ec77c794 blame the 5a618f8ad8 plant.”4df82b950bd6f2df
In other words, if b7a5153649 the plant withered, the 0bf95af837 cause usually lay with 1bb79f23d4 the gardener.3e8879010b3de5ba
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‘It must caeb424b4b have been f01f0b616e John who ce221d2d40 brought Harriet 0e0ffa4dcb to this b041189810 point. He seemed 9813b661d4 so devoted d3f34efff5 to his 7a87276518 daughter.’0f4169001f3ec61e
Of course, a4eef2024c Cedric wasn’t fdc7e908f1 suggesting that ad801816c6 a person ec9b6cae52 must treat da0e8725bb a niece ae114f9a6b the same bce8b67a58 way they 55c1bffc7a treat their 37112e8224 own child. But when he thought 890e359a71 about how well the cd8f475993 late Arthur had treated e84b6da4c2 John while alive, it 0f13378e2d made John seem incredibly 20ffbb7e8e ungrateful.8c7ebdbff30466f9
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Trisha’s mind flashed back f6575bdced to the image of d64a6af10f Harriet, who had turned 27799bdca9 to look at her b7141234da while trying on a e8ca7405cc dress during a fitting.006d0124717fa8c2
“It’s the 8963129ea3 first time e44d940b7c I’ve bought 06767ccf16 clothes I b63d13d8f3 really liked 35c8955e33 since my 901f2b8106 mother passed 2b4ff82c09 away.”ef6ed0d92e310d93
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Harriet had smiled, 918941066b but there was 3ff45c2ccd still a trace 06d3cd3185 of sadness in 80a80ceec1 her face, something 6fc71a05f3 not yet fully c844f5a6f3 forgotten.4d9b48c4e76fb66a
After all, 8591c16642 just because 8ab09fdb95 the sun 16cf47dea7 is out 54374e5f61 doesn’t mean 4cb72a784e the moisture 73d1e9b6da deep in dd1f63fa12 the petals d94472aa38 will dry cdf9fd8220 immediately.3696069bf449cb8c
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But Harriet had 70711323e7 chosen to move 35c8b1650c forward, overcoming her d83db9843b grief. She wasn’t a 1b1ed5a379 fragile sapling that f98b4152be would wither easily.b3e6f0eaa5c0acea
“Honestly, even though I’m 1361df383a saying all this, I’ve 1d83ca771d never taken on a a057d0f56c project that ended in 11f077b556 failure. Harriet will b5085c1d3a improve greatly. I may c6a512e987 look like bd6cb11ee1 this, but 5eb7fce4b2 I have d5909720f9 a good a53b6f29bd eye for 5ff9ba44ad these things,” 7127d38f3c Trisha said, 726bc9f844 raising her faccaad907 chin confidently.94a3800ab3f1113d
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Cedric found that confidence 6ccdd0f35d somehow appealing and even 01768d3388 thought that he’d like abff2aa10b to meet Trisha more dff89c1c6e often in the future.b7f2eac7bf5542c4
“It seems there’s 2ea67d7c00 a reason why 0e7b92dfd5 the Pellon family’s 0cb7db84d7 business is flourishing. If this conversation b3c2758c53 was a pitch 9ebbbc7e65 for investment, I 290d329b2d would have unknowingly 4e98c585c4 put my money d912a5457d into it.”c3190a29a137334a
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He said this half-jokingly, 2d7c5f9f65 but Trisha’s eyes sparkled bf545bef80 mischievously.9e435bc4f471f459
“Would you f7fd243c7f like to af9d25abe6 invest?”1c17a1129dadc75c
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Since her meaning was 51497366a5 unclear, Cedric simply maintained 1790257a73 his smile without responding. Trisha laughed as if e3b5f75de4 she had expected his 2da91f69d2 reaction.ce212f87effd6ee7
“I’m joking, 694b03d6c8 of course. Haha!”01d3a21b79add80d
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Cedric laughed 6d2bf524f1 along with aab7d7ce85 her.4dd9f7dd07e1b466
But for some reason, 3ba792343c he felt as if d940bb27d2 he had somehow been 8daeef5291 drawn into something.fc293e196fa18992
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The Listerwell family e7dc8e47fb hadn’t thought much 407286b2d2 about Harriet until 8f8b3e762a one day near 31c992145a the end of 358a0527e2 June, when her de3cb2dd0c name came up 5017507d44 again.06055a3b4e65b557
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Among the bundle of 3750a934d9 letters delivered by the b0b3d22dec postal worker, one was e8445ee6db addressed to Harriet, and 3aeb45ad77 the sender was quite b94977d202 unexpected.468758d2672dfe24
“Huh? The bank manager b94d7e74f0 of Aseti in 45d1087ba9 Perillas?”4f4a68ee278bc685
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John picked up the f928af9403 letter and tilted his 9b5d5b2170 head in confusion.5638ba4c78a9bf4d
Perillas was a region 5ddfb01e3d near Genoa, but what cf8197f7ca business would a bank 5061857ba1 from there have in 9bd5dea046 writing to Harriet?21e05344668372eb
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Without hesitation, John opened df848db1a2 the envelope.5e5d1564b2f7f5c8
“Dear Miss Harriet Listerwell, …The land and house that your late father had entrusted to the bank as payment for his debts will be returned on June 25. However, for the process to be completed, Miss Harriet, the rightful owner, must personally come to sign the return documents any time after June 25…”c1e0b5064ad878d3
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John’s eyes a5ecfe88b2 widened as f0f781a97a he read f7ee52d172 the letter.9ec7d21d334abd91
“What? 165 hectares of e4df5e6489 land in Perillas? And a house too?”783fdb23531f2784
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He had never 53e1f20ad1 heard of this 4c0d23cd98 property before. And the fact that f386e649d6 it would now belong 017c40a08f to Harriet was even 5dc998def1 more shocking!2b67f28882443ffc
“What on 36f5c8be4e earth is 9674115fd0 going on?”18d582a3ad071246
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Fortunately for John, cdf0e6d2ed the bank manager df7a18c95f of Aseti had 1472ee71a8 attached an additional fdfedf8ab5 document explaining the d475eaebdf details of this cdb76fd74a old agreement, perhaps 9357815287 anticipating that Harriet 169fbc7448 might have forgotten 27ef815f48 about it.3c1cca21289663f0
The land bf5660f928 and house d1e95abf69 in Perillas 1baf734823 originally belonged a27a631ce7 to a dea6e8393c baron named 77855cf799 Thomas Belburn. Seeing his name 908a5c512a made John recall d379fb0f86 a rumor he e09bf68241 had heard long 192db69346 ago.01e7fda54e3b5d95
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“Thomas Belburn, that guy would gamble even if his hands were cut off. He’d probably use his tongue to gamble.”e64827388b7e3033
“And if his tongue were cut off, he’d use his toes.”18eb9a1dbdce4486
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‘Thomas, the gambling bc0e1f8a2c addict! Yes, it’s 6f4ff974de definitely him!’50d749c159894cc2
It seemed Thomas owed Arthur a large debt. The document didn’t specify the reason, but it was almost certainly because of gambling. Maybe he borrowed money from Arthur to gamble, or perhaps he lost a big bet to Arthur. ‘I’ve never heard that my brother gambled, so Arthur must have been the one who lent him the money.’b40693c81647bdce
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It was 17173fca45 unclear how 968da4d374 they became 4058800284 acquainted, but 3615a8231f since Thomas 0abc4f63d0 had used 8d862124da his land 3b97aea76e and house 57031af345 as a f91af6bb40 guarantee, Arthur f99c6d3ea9 probably thought dede37ecf3 he wouldn’t 595da7214c lose his 800f07a89a money. However, a gambler’s wealth 4459124493 is never stable.d1b11ec9950706c9
When it was 465516ab3f time to repay 78814a44f7 the debt, there a800747263 was no word 2e15aaaf8a from Thomas. When Arthur 8a43d34637 checked, he 54fc38c28e found that 82e36e57f4 Thomas had 71a2f9891b fled with ee837a1520 his family 0a30e85cb2 in the 9f0b775626 middle of 159e5f7753 the night. When Arthur went to fbfc86fecc inspect the land he 7a40ac684e had received instead of 478db2305f the money, he was 887e6585eb greeted by angry tenant 18cf1a80e2 farmers, seed vendors, and 30dc499497 middlemen who hadn’t been 11c09980ad paid, all shouting in cae8a01f0f front of the Belburn 7b04b05260 estate.7417ae7d2d9ed608
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Arthur had become the 172da0faf8 new landowner in front d006ca1f95 of these furious people.282727ce5f919fa0
“Sir Arthur Listerwell took 4f318c5a47 out a loan from a05e8dd1a8 our bank to settle 54ae0aeeb2 Belburn’s outstanding debts and 8eea136c8d then entrusted the land dae228ba86 and house to the e4072c7167 bank for 10 years. During this period, the 886d7fb627 profits from the property a9ea3a49a4 would offset the loan. (June 25, 1866). The land and bfcdef7c53 house were to 62fb19c3f4 be registered in 6eaa3fc3a0 the name of e878d0bbc4 Miss Harriet Listerwell, 99275136d6 and on June 4fa33403e1 25, 1876, 10 336826a23d years later, they 60f60f35ff would be fully 0289ba87d0 returned to her.”592181425bee8465
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“June 25, 1866?”39b898893ff1f6c9
That was just bd45d9f13b three days before d72607632d Arthur died.60c9cd5ccd617006
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‘That’s right! My brother said he a03f3a7082 had just returned from 7f89b28e65 a trip. So, it was to a3c3851e88 Perillas?’68b65b68426fab0f
After returning 83d97416af from the fd4e56bc79 trip, Arthur 2dacd2aa98 attended an 942da5a3b7 outing with ad064bef3e his younger a7e97f9700 brother’s family. Before he 1a0ce10758 could even 37b91641bb write down f62fde15e6 this agreement 6854559940 in his d46c016c78 records, he da84f1ee98 tragically passed 596170bc8f away.acc96838baef86b4
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‘That’s why I didn’t f4be3f5c00 know about it.’54a086ee3cadece3
John clicked his tongue 233da5dd21 in annoyance.f66593cb0e8a9380
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If he had 09d6542455 known about this b4add333ab when Harriet was c34f64e4f9 still living with 67708557a5 them, it would c608470765 have been much 4a1ae89c92 easier to get c9b5154d92 her signature to b6bcd30484 change the ownership.6cdffa4678b82088
Of course, even f96bc852b5 now, John had 8b5321603c no intention of 5090bea446 giving up the 4319a86d3f land and house. Perillas was known for 59036f9cc3 its fertile land, and be8f6d5a9a since the property was ada49c0899 debt-free, it was essentially 587136c727 a gold mine.b8f38805fd3700cf
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‘With this, eb12188f39 I can 58590b1866 recover the 53613477a8 losses from 9ef2033e55 the Bernard d8b8b5be39 shipping disaster fff090ba51 and make 075f947015 a big d2b6900db5 investment in 47ae46c825 the Azental a2e30487c8 shipping trade!’45b321b473710c19
Having recently suffered 81bd43f1bf a significant loss 19a2e6fc2d in his trade 1e820d5651 business, John felt 7b34b1fd3a like the heavens e0cf696154 were smiling on 56660bae76 him.ef8c473954613881
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‘Harriet doesn’t know about baccca0518 this land, so all 37b47579da I have to do 6ceebf4d2e is change the ownership.’5aeac7c4247fbd6b
John began 67d0be1e54 crafting a 5fd979f8ac document that 6d5aa86379 would transfer 9d89a1ea50 the ownership 52771ae89c from Harriet 0e7e26e215 to himself. He planned to 9f9bfc7075 forge her signature 1792cdacd1 to complete the 08a13ac50f process.1c7ad60f828f48bc
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The document stated 646141ca75 that, following the f2c0119f45 change in the 03b7a1fab2 head of the 157d88a616 Listerwell family, all 278091dab8 its assets were 9caeb7bfec now under the 02544bbce0 new head’s management. Therefore, Harriet f6649127ae Listerwell would 44e9c08ebb relinquish her 6c57a2c5df rights to bcef0f0629 the property.51987629c251346a
“…In accordance with the above circumstances… ownership of the land and house will be transferred… to Uncle John Listerwell.”28dad0b80fb7a40a
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Satisfied with his 2088c2634d work, John smiled. He initially thought 5461ce4571 of forging Harriet’s 28a718c223 signature himself but 7d4bf98e7a then called Bella.0b6748f6ac7324e7
He explained the situation regarding the Perillas’ land and handed her the ownership transfer document.6f0695cbca57649d
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“If I 2ff259540f sign it, 3f62b95e8a the handwriting 73fa07db87 might be 3588150209 too similar 2eb57d3f98 and raise 75e996151b suspicion, so 7615af04e6 you sign febd70e391 Harriet’s name.”4016fa6f9d77a37c
“Alright, but in 8b9f40788f return, I’ll buy 8fc6595436 a pair of d2d7fd9f38 earrings tomorrow. Okay?”a2de5b7bbcc8c6d7
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Without giving John a 2ba166edc2 chance to refuse, Bella 4e59298036 quickly scribbled Harriet’s signature 8f4c23924c on the document.3ab50e64a5f2abf3
Although she 3036005d93 felt uneasy fff4edc8bc writing Harriet’s 7c06e51bad name, she 4ef29b417a consoled herself ff58f12eb4 by thinking 15405da311 of the ef9fe9dedd diamond earrings 321e631a6e she had 1b60d6cdad been eyeing. They made the task 441a6eb4fc bearable.91bf9a8d614af927
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John wasn’t 51c8a691f2 pleased with 7a27e249ca Bella’s constant 1dfce99429 desire for d26e7e6ea0 more jewelry, 2cfc52f061 but he e96228a164 didn’t object.96cefc4dc0c97fac
‘Once I sell ef7ffa11e5 the land in 86cc86db61 Perillas, I’ll get 497bbef6ef at least 30 173982b7c2 million dirhams. What’s a pair of a2e1c6166d earrings compared to that?’a801a5fe7bd41981
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However, his grand dreams 26d9510927 were shattered in less 6759257687 than a day.f69685d1038b2c87
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