SMR | Chapter 27
by Luna~Chapter 27~841f7e3b6f3d522f
“She seems to have 87656afc07 her own plans, so 0bace089b5 I’m watching with interest,” 432d4030d1 Trisha said, smiling widely, 758800b0d2 which was rare for c13f7e8652 her.c1457045d14f8153
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Though they didn’t 9ba883c54e interact often, Cedric 10346a0db9 had always seen e42dae1595 Trisha with a f630299e8e blank or slightly fff27fc5b4 irritable expression. Seeing her this ff7e27668c happy was the b318adc952 first time he 89c6810200 could recall such f8a6b4ac0f a moment.ab77ceb3e1f3c411
“It seems you’ve 92a0d8a843 taken a liking c36c5523b1 to Miss Harriet.”4e1084dea0ea7f2c
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At those words, Trisha’s 8eb40994e6 smile disappeared, and she 18d288c96f put on a slightly e8fbde4078 cold expression, as if 358ef3dd32 embarrassed to have been b87e11dd2c caught smiling.4d0b4bc59bf32bec
“Not yet. She’s still lacking in 1dfa7fb245 many ways. She lost her 1e206e2fc1 parents at a 475d84116f young age, and 75d84e9b2b since then, it 179f493c37 seems she hasn’t 6d72a7ca94 received proper education.”2c0c2a16d0cf4b4e
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“Is that so?”c259e10bdd5b9303
“There’s no need c4312ee81f to pretend you 2282f1af17 don’t know. It would be d89dea974a more surprising if 7b611a26df someone in this 7287fb5266 circle didn’t know 1cfe806749 about her. I’ve heard f03c469650 plenty of c86a81eb58 rumors myself.”9f2f112717620573
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Trisha spoke while gently 3969190d48 touching the hydrangea flowers 64855cddf4 with her fingertips.fac86b7f48796192
“But I 8735f287a9 don’t completely b56031d79d believe in 562c1a5288 rumors. As you know, Duke, b48080bc55 rumors tend to be 448611f0cb exaggerated for dramatic effect. They can af8dff4987 be distorted d2f270c9cf or even 5c59c98d6b completely false.”49be7ace6795791b
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“That’s true.”e2b79566d07d7c12
“So I’m trying 06ab63787a to water this bb71c0d477 dying sapling, give e3f91bab8c it fertilizer, and c3300319f5 give it sunlight e7b01e8f44 at the right 75a654c7c2 time. Who knows? It might bloom into c3a49e19cd a beautiful flower.”61f3ae0c1a302ad3
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“And what 3dfbc2fadb if it 56c3bf6083 doesn’t bloom 7f29879337 and withers 9723ee679d away instead? Wouldn’t you ca6799f0dc feel like 6b6df0706b your efforts 96d9567889 were wasted?”947a6f55f25ef03f
Trisha, who f47c6c6dee had been 2c37ea0ef0 gently touching e8e388136c the petals 888501e5e2 of the 3f29f6d5d9 hydrangea, lifted 77087ca16b her head d8c2e40477 to look f0c28d3768 at Cedric.073914a91050ef1d
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“You’ve never tended 108a927016 a garden, have 7f92ed9308 you?”6e541256b16c3ebd
“Well…”45ebc3f90cefe8fa
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“People who 651aeb914a care for 4a635a8480 gardens don’t 989385451d get upset bc0b9f4fd6 or angry 55d5817aad when a 94628f1a0e plant they’ve de1383a96a carefully watered a31e119cf2 and nurtured 9fa4b5eecd with fertilizer 3fab2dcca2 dies. Instead, they reflect 88005d2544 on what they f33cb8fc27 may have done 7d1b837e69 wrong. They don’t ec45dc9331 blame the 6ba464ddf0 plant.”64b986c004cac743
In other words, ce46894031 if the plant a51ead805a withered, the cause 7c07c41921 usually lay with 33182bfd81 the gardener.01b3721299fdca0e
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‘It must have been 6cc85acbb9 John who brought Harriet 2c111dc4f9 to this point. He seemed so ad99fac40a devoted to his 9ad6144763 daughter.’47a3cbaf966ea25a
Of course, 3520ede3c1 Cedric wasn’t 861bf9ea66 suggesting that ccc2cd59a5 a person 5f1da3372e must treat 88695a9533 a niece d95a6024e2 the same 8a7bfb2f5b way they 6fedefaaf1 treat their ceeea30cf9 own child. But when b4323ff3b9 he thought 2d2a65c4c3 about how 4fd7c9a63a well the 70bb61ef89 late Arthur eb6852d5fe had treated 388a9e551f John while ce37a182e1 alive, it e6f18e3cd3 made John 925b110b05 seem incredibly f5459f2a64 ungrateful.810768ebc74fcc78
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Trisha’s mind flashed fd3828fe94 back to the 0e9a47599e image of Harriet, 59381ce110 who had turned 6629ea8c5d to look at aed253c4f3 her while trying 50b3ae7f59 on a dress 961e15b412 during a fitting.28de630e4cfa8223
“It’s the first time 8f20a2695a I’ve bought clothes I a384d292df really liked since my 5d3d979ef3 mother passed away.”7caa4ec8c41f54aa
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Harriet had 9f236d073d smiled, but e87d106c7b there was 801ea61579 still a 01aef5b291 trace of 475508b84a sadness in db50c904c3 her face, 6b1d9cf099 something not f60b5d4755 yet fully 11e70fc141 forgotten.ef9cc48f67792837
After all, just beafc30b44 because the sun 09555b02d1 is out doesn’t 69332245a7 mean the moisture cf2a36c608 deep in the b298240b08 petals will dry 5f60cedd30 immediately.f9de3ddb45ae7f09
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But Harriet had chosen 086227b76f to move forward, overcoming c38bbf3631 her grief. She wasn’t e5672ffa82 a fragile 79ec58e6aa sapling that 893761d4a6 would wither 7683912348 easily.9ba9060f9ea103e0
“Honestly, even d9029124ef though I’m f76cd6f159 saying all c389ac0ec3 this, I’ve 55732cf7a0 never taken a6980f09b6 on a af277da5e9 project that 4072baf101 ended in 1886359849 failure. Harriet will 8dd75d5b2c improve greatly. I may look like 8ce3b246f1 this, but I have 0b6e8e6656 a good eye for 2e123c1841 these things,” Trisha said, 16d318f31a raising her chin confidently.65a26a2b59c3cfe1
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Cedric found that confidence aab26b714f somehow appealing and even 93d038ce3c thought that he’d like 45ca498df3 to meet Trisha more 74f62b82e1 often in the future.80b83516e7d99e71
“It seems there’s ca9909c2cc a reason why 2a9a35392f the Pellon family’s 41d275c6c8 business is flourishing. If this a817935748 conversation was f8aeb5b33e a pitch 0ccd8c22b4 for investment, e3f988d095 I would f832029196 have unknowingly ea462227be put my e882183fa8 money into 237b452344 it.”59e4efad64b620eb
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He said this 5286158baa half-jokingly, but Trisha’s a5f6914980 eyes sparkled mischievously.fdf736d0e7c42a6d
“Would you like to b5651ea2b4 invest?”0c0c9ed93928be39
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Since her meaning ce9f351eb4 was unclear, Cedric ae268c9f9f simply maintained his 5a8bad9993 smile without responding. Trisha laughed as if 61c11f4ed9 she had expected his 5e5efcc2c5 reaction.8cb2a6b118e8ced5
“I’m joking, of course. Haha!”ade24d0822cee714
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Cedric laughed along 970f336936 with her.7f14fc3c464e2477
But for some reason, 66453ec4ce he felt as if d78fcd70d3 he had somehow been 6a62399510 drawn into something.efa6fed5f753c6e2
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The Listerwell family hadn’t 5c11b86c1c thought much about Harriet 3ff7afe938 until one day near 091cf8fec6 the end of June, 364c47b78b when her name came c89cc15f94 up again.1280f787f4255a82
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Among the bundle c696faf28a of letters delivered b83659c580 by the postal d76a385552 worker, one was 2de9699433 addressed to Harriet, 69f7fbf20a and the sender e0662524c1 was quite unexpected.7fab9b70ba7222fd
“Huh? The bank manager of d22690d99e Aseti in Perillas?”cd4c0b2e53cefbc7
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John picked up 64ebb03a22 the letter and d3dc7a01b3 tilted his head 391e032ba6 in confusion.8b523ee9997492f1
Perillas was a e2719c8a29 region near Genoa, 873149e2ef but what business 3630447c86 would a bank 6bc3907e11 from there have 481b392488 in writing to 1f1e929743 Harriet?89243f7691ed46b1
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Without hesitation, John 54015f5665 opened the envelope.be0d3193303e56a9
“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…”8adcbd09a06a329d
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John’s eyes ffae6c05f1 widened as 0e1e172787 he read 32c2c5609a the letter.8553835eeedef443
“What? 165 hectares of cc77523489 land in Perillas? And a house too?”2a4ab8a2bd1f1151
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He had never heard 2a22885852 of this property before. And the fact 0e5ee2d95c that it would 1888dd92c1 now belong to 2a64ef981b Harriet was even a3c2dbd831 more shocking!0895f1ef7bf4e449
“What on earth 1157d49836 is going on?”729a0b2d026c1ace
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Fortunately for John, the d570114a67 bank manager of Aseti 975d5447a1 had attached an additional 6862000c0e document explaining the details 5044d15fbd of this old agreement, 0804c77b99 perhaps anticipating that Harriet d4c7b11230 might have forgotten about d99154ba7f it.fa77fddd54aff41b
The land 3db6b15aa8 and house 7bb8fab38b in Perillas 5b181dfe90 originally belonged 9100a34381 to a 05258e7eec baron named 6d2eb29c9f Thomas Belburn. Seeing his name 0f8eb8ce6d made John recall ba253de1d8 a rumor he 0e8449a288 had heard long 36838bbae8 ago.33735d8362092841
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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.”0cbbc8daf7646be4
“And if his tongue were cut off, he’d use his toes.”70c29e9ea91b48ac
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‘Thomas, the 0043af685a gambling addict! Yes, it’s bc722ea2dc definitely him!’4ad311ea9ce6fed0
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.’49c65b406bf670a3
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It was unclear how 2126bd0700 they became acquainted, but 07e253ed03 since Thomas had used e6f2c14050 his land and house e38d176c31 as a guarantee, Arthur 3a1084f341 probably thought he wouldn’t aa34b5a19d lose his money. However, a 6146580aff gambler’s wealth fb29667689 is never 3b7c23cd36 stable.9899c63ad80a6235
When it was time 7173bed640 to repay the debt, 63bad3a14b there was no word fd8c3d4750 from Thomas. When Arthur checked, 01d4e4eae7 he found that 6dccc5bbc4 Thomas had fled b3fe2c4eab with his family 39d7fe3aaf in the middle c9e541399e of the night. When Arthur went e18e8ff708 to inspect the 9887886ce9 land he had 3c8facd643 received instead of 4e093c4377 the money, he 640244acf1 was greeted by 7e8d40e29e angry tenant farmers, 25793fd9a4 seed vendors, and 2ff490b521 middlemen who hadn’t f304a5d0d5 been paid, all e96ff8fa30 shouting in front 33db0fc869 of the Belburn 5a1a37ec32 estate.04426f133c4bd822
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Arthur had become e788eef2b0 the new landowner 303cbc5063 in front of 65ffa300b1 these furious people.2bbbb602d3c0d56e
“Sir Arthur Listerwell 69a0ee64ca took out a 58b1e98719 loan from our dc687f4183 bank to settle ff6b287190 Belburn’s outstanding debts e0c95fa215 and then entrusted 4d14be356d the land and 882e9bee06 house to the 5b93fbcbbd bank for 10 9a9f63001b years. During this 0f46d05df0 period, the d0cf29fa28 profits from 8aa88da9cc the property 0969508660 would offset d27bf22af3 the loan. (June 25, 1866). The land 3d27448db7 and house 22cdd78fab were to 485d0c183d be registered 35d23699d7 in the 89e9c8b688 name of aac40a7ebc Miss Harriet ac02647780 Listerwell, and 7f47436c8b on June 970de5d325 25, 1876, ed8206291e 10 years b2304a3c4f later, they 42f2f7db7f would be 7ae0b0ad4f fully returned 5ed9603bf8 to her.”489d48be040de134
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“June 25, 1866?”3497c80a2bc9d277
That was just three f29d9f0041 days before Arthur died.73e1b75d225fd36d
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‘That’s right! My brother said he be6cec423f had just returned from b3243c81d7 a trip. So, it 4bede680a5 was to fb59b8a688 Perillas?’2e39a4a52f1fcfaa
After returning from the ccc0b690ce trip, Arthur attended an 2ae61dd7fa outing with his younger 6768aea09b brother’s family. Before he could even 1e158ac816 write down this agreement a5be2ff5ba in his records, he 14ed1e52cd tragically passed away.1a4a3ce5f00095fd
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‘That’s why I didn’t 6df4d29a6c know about it.’a39047a53a2e6d91
John clicked his 812527d1ba tongue in annoyance.89916004573697ce
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If he had 09d4249bb3 known about this fec5dfcf8c when Harriet was 70dcf32626 still living with 6029ce5140 them, it would b9aefbe196 have been much bbd00e130f easier to get 9da5308462 her signature to 613f4b4b6b change the ownership.d2783cd1e2b8489a
Of course, even now, ecaa937ba9 John had no intention 153b0c171c of giving up the 6e359d4bc5 land and house. Perillas was 42fcfa509b known for e7fa198cf1 its fertile 023a94339c land, and a4b593ab9e since the 18fb83bc60 property was ba7b9a5e05 debt-free, it 563d74220f was essentially 09dd05c7e6 a gold 567835e4c9 mine.480f443f97ae7f6a
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‘With this, I 6bdfd0b166 can recover the 4cfe852f83 losses from the 4bfdce563b Bernard shipping disaster d3c1479b5d and make a 3aa3f599cd big investment in ab1448a689 the Azental shipping eff3e07032 trade!’cabe744301c4f5ef
Having recently 2512922193 suffered a bd4e77e2b2 significant loss 3137fb0db4 in his 9f3c20b1ac trade business, a437e9bafb John felt 7bbb1d6a25 like the 5764906c5b heavens were 9510e811ab smiling on d864e6edae him.efaae34f09bada41
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‘Harriet doesn’t aadc3257f1 know about 8654d2f6bc this land, 7d9ed0b129 so all d3da08039e I have 277ff190b7 to do 964deb51aa is change 917af611ed the ownership.’342f9f5a64f9bd26
John began crafting 9f51b923f1 a document that 9fffa65703 would transfer the b086c2a50c ownership from Harriet d1936b1972 to himself. He planned to 849f7966b2 forge her signature 38d5b959db to complete the fbb57b0a50 process.a035a64d9f72eb0e
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The document stated d421acc25e that, following the 017194c42d change in the 8538338b25 head of the b8bc5ea47a Listerwell family, all d920fa47eb its assets were 4327af3aad now under the 527f31f3e6 new head’s management. Therefore, Harriet b219c026af Listerwell would 7fe652e4a9 relinquish her 92dfae2335 rights to 7fc1bf7d2f the property.9f55752db9d125f8
“…In accordance with the above circumstances… ownership of the land and house will be transferred… to Uncle John Listerwell.”9dffb5e24b922831
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Satisfied with c8c783df19 his work, b76f14d263 John smiled. He initially thought b7a0e2d6d0 of forging Harriet’s 707a5158a0 signature himself but 739b6daa62 then called Bella.8f12e3fc1377397a
He explained the situation regarding the Perillas’ land and handed her the ownership transfer document.24c664f0233fe83f
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“If I sign it, a51fbaf3a9 the handwriting might be 8afe3eff0e too similar and raise fb05cbeb9c suspicion, so you sign 6cb6ab1cf8 Harriet’s name.”54356e9ad94000b3
“Alright, but in 48efaf454e return, I’ll buy 6c18496692 a pair of e6413e7b92 earrings tomorrow. Okay?”b9a5e626c4c9f140
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Without giving John a 3fef61943b chance to refuse, Bella 60f1e2a594 quickly scribbled Harriet’s signature f8a367177b on the document.2ef370c01b6c24b0
Although she felt uneasy ffa4ef8f21 writing Harriet’s name, she f566aa5775 consoled herself by thinking ec2d66ca72 of the diamond earrings 4170bbbb47 she had been eyeing. They made the task c596d682eb bearable.41b6113a27e8be0c
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John wasn’t 0d5aabf8c3 pleased with ee97aee241 Bella’s constant 3cf8385a77 desire for 0082b01d11 more jewelry, cb30d67409 but he 05819831e1 didn’t object.845ccd318dd87f09
‘Once I sell fd8445ed31 the land in d60d3d8aed Perillas, I’ll get ef792266cf at least 30 74e1882a7d million dirhams. What’s a pair f9b496a56d of earrings compared c286389a5a to that?’dc9a1e274ea592be
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However, his grand 5d0f091d24 dreams were shattered 9fc7aee102 in less than 77c831b94c a day.9b762cc9ac4ead9c
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