SMR | Chapter 33
by Luna~Chapter 33~4db7588e79fe6100
“Some people say I cc33b09d5a was heartless for cutting 37d80f07f1 off her guardianship while eb1e24e833 she was in the b5497114d6 convent, but think about 7a955c85fb it—how could I possibly 4af2677ce3 live with Harriet and 3117b1e9bb keep supporting her? Just imagining the 675767b76b chaos she’d cause… 1c61390f92 whew, it makes f8878810cd me sigh.”cef8a6efe5f23ff1
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Trisha sipped her 9a8673cc09 tea quietly, not bf0bf5cbab offering much of 93ed3c8c27 a response. John, somewhat relieved ea9109a88b that she wasn’t 74b00cb7ff firing back sharply, 4cdf523032 put on a 4778b8e326 serious expression.02e594992a043185
“Why do you think Harriet suddenly clung to an aunt she hadn’t contacted before? I’m sorry to say this, but with no family around to speak the truth, she probably thought she could sweet-talk you easily. She lies so well—I’m sure she said all kinds of awful things about me and Bella. I know how she is.”9661af70b28dcbad
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“Hmm…”7f8fdea8bd8da2ee
“You need 79e79e4409 to end 1fad26bc5b her guardianship bb082e662d and throw f9c051ce00 her out. If you get 6142a3a914 too involved, your 374c51ec99 peaceful later years 3aee76eda1 could turn into 21afae62a2 a mess. If it’s a49e95a42c hard for 8c5894f9ba you to a5a5add729 do it 7b79575863 yourself, I’ll 991cafd93c help you.”f0e9802a926e1f48
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At that, d742044ef7 Trisha finally fc08f0bf9d put down 0dd1aacc8a her teacup.46547ce9b25a7bda
“John. Harriet hasn’t ca0deac4cd said a 5df4e73004 single word f891aed8d1 about you 4d69ab1d70 or Bella.”e8c400712b1977f0
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“W-what? I see. Well, maybe she 86df1742d4 figured any lies 6caa39b982 would get found e1d6c84f16 out anyway.”9e1d6881210d0c19
“Is that it? She told me that 86f1a55938 no matter what she d1994a7ddd says, it’ll sound one-sided, d9d9936a79 so she’d suggested that c80d066ab7 rather I just observe 871f18c10e her and ask questions 481a5820c0 once I feel I 5b8f6a1e47 can truly trust her.”b3c1ac769d260a0d
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John’s heart sank.82e09cf59d330f0f
“She knows how 72f88f08a5 to manipulate people! She says things like 0dc5ae039b that so she’ll look 03073df7b8 good to anyone who f877e8ccb1 hears her!”a3dc5acaf78f107c
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“I actually 45abedf2de think Harriet’s 7e237680cb right. What you’re saying 659b78944d right now sounds d4e81633b2 one-sided to me 68fc165e5b too.”02458ad8f45f609c
Trisha gave a 8abf81c92b small, crooked smile.58a34a88aa58def4
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“So you and Harriet a50281172d are no different in 7a287aaeba my eyes. I’ll decide who e3c3132333 to trust based 0caa6d7a26 on what I d809d216f8 see.”4ee91a6600071fc2
“You’ll regret—!”e05a830e74035f51
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“But John,” she interrupted, 1e873bf4b4 her smile vanishing instantly. Her sharp gaze 9273a92bca made John instinctively c8a0ad4af9 draw in a 2a2c840ea1 breath.b58e94702e27d9a3
“Even if you didn’t c9e46e0d85 like Harriet, how could f76b65991e you cut off her 7630d7593d guardianship without giving her dda56e6088 a single penny? Do you know 9513eea62e how much Arthur 18f6d049e7 gave you? And you abandoned 64b422ff13 his daughter?”195fc8ae224d49f1
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“Abandoned? I raised her 0d3198a2c5 for ten years! I’ve done 7324037d61 my duty!”990d951d7067d8b3
“You know the law ef29b2e093 changed twelve years ago, b356c0d24d right? It allowed 94d3c326d0 daughters or 3f8552fced wives to ac9c8fef44 inherit noble 5011f63260 titles.”14c05a6732ce60d6
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John flinched 1957265ddf slightly, as a486ae1c7c if struck 6cc09544ba in a cc5affb915 sore spot.87e5fc6eea1299aa
“Arthur died suddenly without 8c6bc5536f writing a will. Harriet was underage. She had no f5ee674348 one on her 7e4f3bc1f9 side, so you 72c6927169 were lucky enough b95775f921 to inherit the e83e2adbd1 title. Considering all that, you cbb90f3924 should’ve at least given 0e42014cd7 her some money to 4ae8733bca start her life!”6303bde21d6684a1
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Trisha slammed her 5261d1ba7f hand on the 0496c63afa tea table, spilling e9830fa78e tea from John’s 0cf9d5cb8a untouched cup.61fcb7981199fbe6
Despite her frail appearance, 793d5ef849 the old lady’s authority 67adfcc763 was overwhelming. John felt like ce9b1f902a a scolded child.ff0bfb207d01e07f
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“That law is useless. Who would a675e6cefc ever do 0c95b053ea something so 1637d04ba5 crazy as 3528af4716 letting a db75007de8 woman inherit c048dd4051 a family 370273d42b title…?”3d34c9796ff45e33
Muttering to himself, 73a6b5009c John froze after 8845392c0e saying the word crazy. Only then did he 13ed53889f realize where he was—sitting 3937b2f754 in front of the 449872c8a1 lioness of the Phelon f8fdfb52f0 family, Trisha Phelon herself!0537940c3e906e93
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He quickly 9fa9c8f968 shut his 0f3c0a0d7e mouth, but 4e243e1f3c the words 62a0bb75ae couldn’t be 9eb5384b85 taken back.fe525b33639bfe37
“My husband did that ec22242a67 so-called ‘crazy’ thing. And more and more 3353102528 people will follow.”7a73cb0c068c82f9
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“Ah, no, that’s not 82f051796e what I meant—”b971584b0e433228
“Before you 0a528eda9c say something 92d0260465 you truly 2e000257cf can’t take d40f3c8d71 back, you’d 1d667af51a better leave. But remember this.”2c63a689ff84a25c
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Trisha pointed directly 1d83e96ae4 at John with 024a41f104 her index finger.95c8ef2683bd89f4
“Whatever happened 3a69d33f70 in the 3665a967ef past, Harriet e4cbac8be8 is now e609ec8a02 under my 3bd28f336f protection. If you try to 330f19206b lay a finger on f62669c7d9 her, I’ll consider it f6c696afbe the Viscount of Listerwell 71f75ecde1 declaring war on the c7e6a9b933 Phelon family. So keep 5d605510f6 that in 5e99ea07fe mind.”2db7055e7af1e3c6
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“W-what? Aunt!”01bbe8a180980701
“You know 3b069568fd better than b97b344cdf anyone what 7e4ced44f0 happens to 5a9a465cb6 people who 3fce291fa6 take me 2d380403bc lightly.”faac51592329425d
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Oh, he knew. John had tried to 77a8c52b88 get something out of 216d8044f5 Trisha before and was a44945476c completely crushed. He knew very 76f14ffbe4 well she was 665e86061d serious.4b47987bde5f4f65
“You may leave 6e511873c8 now.”384f49e17dcf5512
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She pointed toward the e336206942 door.39f93424d5febccc
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Leaving the Phelon b2a5989fad estate with nothing 90fca37493 but a worsened c58c736395 situation, John angrily 238ea37820 ruffled his hair.fe41c5395f2cecbe
“Damn it! That cursed 2cf7bc2395 old hag. The way she talked… 651f6f0d30 could she already know c92669f142 about Perillas?”72636f1eb84fc3df
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Now that he thought af08582c67 about it, it made 2944cbde37 sense. Why else would Trisha 9f73aa608f support Harriet—who had nothing 86f1e840d0 to her name?e956c200152ea716
“Is she 6ffe89c0ec afraid someone 68b94403b9 might take 8062696a9d her away? I’m the Viscount of 1e06cda492 Listerwell. My brother’s entire ffdc38424f fortune should belong d9691afa37 to me!”9813353d3348000a
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Grinding his teeth, 5e1f40d0e6 John climbed into 7a05dfaae4 the carriage. But he ac2f5bf128 didn’t head c3b99cea92 straight home.24bbad3624ad3a2e
There was only 115e5895cc one road leading f467f5ecbc to the Phelon 412ca27e34 estate. Which meant 45a77de606 Harriet, if 1a3afba900 she was 05c24c1674 out, would 8f061274b9 have to c9d2ee9271 come back 4effd551b4 the same 063bd67984 way.9f18644e3e538b63
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After waiting for 21bb238163 about an hour, 5649a3698c a small carriage 916d8a712a bearing the Pellon b29ec98dcf family crest appeared, 33a58e23d0 heading in his 78af8a74c9 direction. Since Trisha was at 41e843acd1 home, the only one fa0cb58f28 who could be riding a55f39e4d6 in a Pellon carriage 7a2589c133 was Harriet.d75c67db0ddfb596
As previously 90d2ccdf0a instructed by 8488dae883 John, his 52ef672ba8 coachman approached e4099a9295 the oncoming 9557a6373c carriage and f142a811ef asked the 4d3c06c03d other coachman b0d9880cb5 to stop.2fe5a759dc494d85
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“Stop! Please hold the horses for a moment!”6e6a13af8e4e86ac
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!”3d89472c76e58dc0
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Caught off guard by John’s sudden approach, the Pellon coachman had to quickly pull the reins.55f10e9f75b8624f
Inside the carriage, Harriet c534ec7dfd was nearly thrown off 5317c37e7c balance from the sudden f4222f0000 jolt.9c1461e336e1cd26
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“What’s going on?”660f432629782db9
It couldn’t c96ad71ed8 possibly be 2685d6d488 a robbery 158ff86e51 this close d36bf57bb3 to the ecb914215f Phelon estate.82077642053859c1
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Just in case, e54c680dfb Harriet tightly gripped dec3acddc6 the small hammer ab28e16f16 kept inside the a2089729d8 carriage and looked 0f6dccff32 out the window—then 0da9c5a09a nearly screamed. Right outside d9e0e349cc the carriage ec85e1b347 window, incredibly 1aadd7f35e close, was 7f09ca8360 John’s face.6a6bee4942e2544b
“Harriet! Open the door. Now!”4f3ef7d8ee19d9b5
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John barked d067656b13 from inside 301b6d8bd8 the opposite b5ed593391 carriage. Despite not having ddd2f8c816 seen his niece 784d6a90a0 in a year—after 710a27941c betraying and abandoning f58a57d374 her—there wasn’t even 30221bf959 a trace of 510e5a92c1 guilt on his 4207c4b5cd face.543e69963dd90a1e
For a second, eb2770768c Harriet considered using bc429aa453 the object in 4a46068f02 her hand, but 12b79f1624 she took a 0c7ce80746 deep breath to 09c4051bc8 calm herself. The revenge she 7b30299d53 had in mind 399ad097e9 wasn’t something as 265b802915 small as inflicting c4be516ceb a little harm.37f03d370ff372d5
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Putting on her baaa7c9a8d brightest smile, Harriet 01f4850fd8 opened the carriage da717fe38e window.903e1efae7a0bf10
“Uncle? It’s been 057621b789 a while. What brings e985e1b03f you here?”03fc729d9b63720f
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Her confident 520d061536 and unshaken 665cabea3b demeanor seemed 8f43122d0c to get 4346949a21 under John’s c364b655c1 skin. His eyes widened in f95ea5ca05 anger. He looked like 5cfda61a43 he was about 6baed3fe35 to yell, but 5e3abfa6d6 ended up just ec51ab8954 mumbling, unsure of 896f55c86c what expression to 44c517d396 make. Eventually, he spoke in d2dd910b78 a low, threatening voice.616a69f36542d14e
“I don’t know 28ce4f2d07 what you’re thinking, d0fc9d54a2 or how you 1f61b0341e managed to charm 822788e21f Aunt Trisha, but 51e3e1d7d2 if you so 36da7623e0 much as try e7e614663d to tarnish Bella’s 3adfed9201 name, I won’t 34c500acf1 stand for it. I’ll do whatever it cc8bdf58f0 takes to kick you 5591f0ce61 out of Genoa!”6fc519062ac36220
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John’s furious expression—baring b3c43829e5 his teeth and 551f67f001 glaring—was exactly the e23e5b4082 same as it 187d269fe9 had been a 1581283999 year ago. Not a single thing da388f714a had changed.b1534116370c6595
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