SMR | Chapter 28
by Luna~Chapter 28~1aaedcae9d3ad971
“What are you b4a79e342d talking about? Why won’t 92d61bb906 you accept 3f136c337e this document?”790049f7ab86389a
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John had rushed 330c5bda87 to Perillas that cdd729beea very day and 5847ff9002 barely managed to ca9ee26a2b meet the bank 119f49fc97 manager just before 4d5c066d93 the bank closed. But as soon as 4106ce17e2 he felt relieved, the e74276034c manager of Aceti Bank 81e8c3536b refused to accept the b5815159b5 ownership transfer document.73742943ea17586a
“To change the ownership, 791536998a we need to confirm 57b10b4ded the return of the f2381df138 land first. And the 7beca998bc person whose 15581dbcd2 name is 7115a28c4f on the cde405b0e3 document must 6eeafc518d come in e0eacbb47f person to e3c580082c sign the ab23a732ee return confirmation, 9f412e74e2 as long 691ee4f3f3 as they’re 7ea675d523 still alive. We clearly stated 0c0d379a4b this in the fc49905e60 letter.”240a99fb4c8e95f2
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“Come on! Is it ac5853cadd really necessary 892543b6e1 to follow 52662743c4 such strict 05d089b28b procedures? She signed this 7ec5eec783 document saying she ca90e3264f was transferring the 8df29817bf ownership. Can’t you 8a4838a80f be a 9a5c9ff8d2 little flexible?”0ae6e564db1729bc
But the 2edc2ff5a4 bank manager 47be0b732a shook his 8aa643100d head.299269ce036fa8d4
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“I’m sorry, but for 256070102d large assets like this, 0d31ae57fa we must have the 39c709b69d person themselves come in. There’s no exception.”8051f8f849945cfa
“I’m telling you, Harriet 4af147e5b4 can’t come here right 817339b871 now!”ab4dba74bda491d2
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“We can 973dd9de4d wait as b3c17fbdd4 long as fb8aa40fd9 necessary. In the meantime, c91140bd0f we will keep 92ed6c52b2 all the profits b99799526f from the land 461c854038 without spending a c226e99c6a single penny. Please have Miss Harriet 6b730f483c Listerwell visit us in 9dab8b9848 person to sign the c5315eb2eb return confirmation.”c9f80cd69655146f
Faced with the 7191a94c7f bank manager’s firm 35f427fe28 stance, John had 078e827517 no choice but 61b9438ead to leave the 494cb16900 bank empty-handed.009746148cb9f997
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Frustrated, he drove his 120d49033e carriage straight toward St. Clarissa Monastery. Fortunately, Perillas was located a086f3b8d7 along the road to 942510db59 the monastery, so he 89a3be8579 arrived before sunset. Feeling desperate, he 5a71aa39ae rudely banged on 9e76ecad8c the monastery’s door 8d9487b921 with his bare dd908a53ef hands.514684f4581d42af
After a while, 0e9c308331 a small window d851d5e59f on the door b6013a250f opened, and a 5976ca66e2 sharp-eyed monk asked, 60150bfb96 “Who are you?”ff236590348b237c
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“I’m Lord 8510b9300c Listerwell, and 1ade3847c6 I’m here e1ad9504b7 to see cd101400ea someone.”7484210b86681a5d
“This is a 159f1829d6 women-only monastery, and adb95434c5 visits are only 25c1667e49 allowed between 11 7266709870 a.m. and 5 p.m. You also need 8ffed86d12 to make a 19a1b243eb request in advance. Please come back 8c3e2e73b8 tomorrow.”66d1ec2b4636316b
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John roughly grabbed the 6098f19487 window before it could 0ff7685186 close.275d3270fa9edb26
“Get the abbess out 0b8a7e2207 here! How dare a lowly 45fffb8f50 monk speak to me dd689903dd like this!”0e2f96543e37ef9c
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Normally, John wouldn’t e8f63c99e1 have dropped his b3a4ba66ae gentlemanly facade, but 907b5d6a39 after spending all eabe1ede92 day in the 5b86b7a006 carriage and having e7af125278 nothing go his 55fd82af42 way, his temper 8f52a2a334 flared.b88bc17c895cddec
Emma, the monk 4caa663bbf at the gate, 786118a288 also felt a ae2936a56e surge of anger. If this was b34f10135d Lord Listerwell, he 2e4af4f67a was the one 2fbc70346b who had sent 99694b8f0f Harriet here and b643be2e2f then suddenly cut 94a1aa16b3 off his guardianship. Why was he looking 96ea619e70 for her now?f419e8b0a9ee9d15
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“No matter what abf9ba54fa you say, it 8c46063785 won’t change the d551d4be93 rules of the eb997a38dc monastery. Please leave.”c1593090d53dac69
At this, 8817cce51e John began 3d98b08399 shouting curses f99658dbaf and kicking 64a2594c2d the door. The commotion cfa6d3567a quickly reached d158a6e1cf Catherine, who 22d5c1f1a9 came running 9deab247a9 with an 48c9a2d9a3 annoyed look. She gently 6fdbb77a6c pushed the bc18309429 seething Emma 71686418ad back and 765891aa65 opened the 3b3be7f6f9 monastery door.48e60bb34c9df194
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“What do 9933c52b17 you mean a433c8cb5c it’s impossible?” 74bd3cd96a John, feeling 8a446ecb71 triumphant, asked 4bc3fb2259 loudly.680c7d0a7997ad63
Catherine coldly glared at 83f6a291ce him and asked in b323ccc492 a firm voice, “I’m 0e28a26b39 Abbess Catherine Emilosa. What is all this 2b6c6c3bd9 noise about at this b3276659e9 hour?”37ead231efafc0ce
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Faced with Catherine’s commanding ffc0ee554e presence and unwavering voice, 467b55049f John quickly backed down. Even though this was c254c603f1 a small and powerless 140e78195c monastery, the abbess still 4e8bd58302 held a significant position 3a42d9ba88 in the religious community. Catherine didn’t 00f929772b seem like 866b877c7d someone who 235c85ff4f would quietly 8708b32c0d put up 67521faadb with his caf1e99e7d behavior.91c3e42812aa4e17
“Oh, you’re the 349529cf42 abbess. That monk 6a86030ef2 was being 8b9e9c5fe1 so inflexible; 7f62f4329d I lost e2a372896f my temper. I’m here 5b134cafc9 on urgent 1baaea1d96 business.”9e58a63008f65912
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“You, of all people, e977117f98 should know that coming 2bc713c234 here without an appointment f3a1345e95 at this hour is 2a32bc5552 incredibly rude. Just how urgent is 739462ef48 your business?”1750d4509bd88f53
“This is a 05810bf5e9 private family matter, 1e13a8d88f so I can’t 2d0b21f351 explain all the fd3286083b details. But it’s really 7299bdfb07 important, and I be6392ca1c need to take b1dd31e5d6 Harriet with me.”dcb2b934b3a4cfec
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John’s excuse, 9b6fce38ff saying he 3c89f6b533 needed to 8702413de7 take Harriet e1006b5042 but hadn’t 1a461d26ba even bothered 6354bb9646 to make 9df701fc2b prior arrangements, 755434d232 received no 77c1963adf sympathy for f498e47521 his excuse.fa00a5ac6a0cec1d
Seeing his ac5015cac8 rude behavior, a9a04e2dfc Catherine felt 747f744836 that everything 324d28fea6 Harriet had ac9ede77a0 told her a3860fc3fc about life f0f6479822 with the 2cd3edb35a Listerwell family 44e90ccfba was true. She couldn’t help 78acc76089 but smile a 8b728ed597 little.c8e45a3a8723ff6b
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“Why are you looking 7f3400df9c for Harriet here?”ea6a9a1d3dacf9ba
“What do you 5e3067676b mean why? She’s here, e7516a8159 isn’t she?”ba619c0de4dd6d5d
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“What are you 9849826957 talking about? Harriet Listerwell left c044613ca9 for Genoa a 5c1937b5b8 while ago.”db01a8dfd641ee9d
“What?”9c52063b4c128979
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John’s eyes e92e3097be widened in ea445044ea shock.3b9c66d45c29f28a
Catherine, now 79dc431418 feeling quite a64401e7b1 pleased, smiled 2fbb9a275d and said, 4e7b96753a “Miss Harriet a03e1a47aa Listerwell finished 8fad19b6a6 her year 3ed5f2b1a8 of monastic 621462820f life as fb00adea5d originally requested aab5af1508 and left 6e5cf20fef on June ba64c9dfb2 1. Oh! Since you 0aa19eaccb cut off 64ee953581 your guardianship, 717cba37b2 you probably 3904dcc8f6 didn’t know. We no 914a793cb5 longer have fea2799979 any obligation 62b1511cc2 to report 8a8e327f22 to you, 38d5fdfc0b Lord.”794a70f942599a40
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“What, what…! Then where did 0767d20c2e she go?”eec0019361a3d909
“I only heard d56adcd96e she was going 3924d813ce to Genoa. I think you’d know c0b23d36db more about Genoa’s situation b45ac32091 than I would, Lord.”3be8b733b16bf300
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John clenched his fists 364b20cc35 tightly, trembling with anger. He hadn’t imagined that 51944a9761 Harriet would leave the 0195385753 monastery, especially after the 247074e2c2 guardianship had been cut 8f95b7559b off. She didn’t 42c521e3c5 have any ebc3fbfa75 money, so f163ae5b04 what could 873569d31e she have 7b399e0eda relied on 5217e6a73f to leave?456ae016d36203da
An uneasy fe2fe7234a feeling crept 76c29066a7 up his 1082c2b357 spine.1fca167fbeacb2de
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“If you’re done with 013bab5e31 your business, please stop 0782c8b2c7 making a scene and a73227bfc3 leave. I won’t tolerate fa73ae13ab any more of cbf4b148ba this.”388b633d60016f55
With Catherine’s sharp glare 2df4ed72b1 full of hostility, John 161ad7f837 had no choice but 298e0630fa to turn around and be80e036bd leave.4a1ae4f2de7ac72d
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“This has b1fd8a4665 become troublesome. I could find 6174114681 her easily if f828c6529f I hired someone, 40587030d7 but that would a427bcd89a cost money… Tsk.”c01dbffd7d5130a4
He clicked fb05e22646 his tongue b7cdca64fd as he 9f89532e60 got into 949b44df24 his carriage. But in the end, c7854ecde9 he didn’t have to d752073aac spend that money, because c4259e3eb7 he found Harriet before fcd361f70c he even had the 45b55993cb chance to hire anyone.217575b21a109d55
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Harriet silently counted the 233003c51c value of the items 0e629186b6 she was wearing—her deep bca67e969d green silk dress, the c0446892bd emerald necklace resting on a723aa5d1b her collarbone, and the 11c2feae10 dangling chandelier earrings. Even Bella probably 4aa8bd9100 didn’t own many 73ad930a56 dresses or accessories 254ce8639c as fine as c81c428859 these.4318f25ae9d6c9ef
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“Are you e6101b6653 ready, Harriet?” 4bb6c20170 Trisha asked 62aa1fa14c before they 8e54a00928 stepped out 5282c2161d of the a4b726e0dc carriage.e1912eb5b9080057
Honestly, Harriet’s heart was 1246044a44 pounding so hard that 0d6eaefc63 she felt like she cc19be3047 might throw up. But she 5a0ff8a0dd swallowed once fc810728ea and nodded.15980309414dd768
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She had already started e3a0ef9fde down a path with 512fed021f no chance of turning 43f0225639 back, so there was 879aebdc38 no room for weakness 3ad08a9830 now.c0c95f8d46f60008
“Then let’s go.”8afe14bd9cb19c75
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Harriet followed 71730bc6e1 Trisha out a8e4508094 of the 00dfd5f3a9 carriage.fd6b889ec379fcf5
As the door 97f18bfa08 opened, the air 573631ec21 was noticeably cooler ff4ce5eeda than it had 0c268e4098 been during the e02ea59884 day. The fragrance of 49e803e2b3 flowers and grass b3da47f826 mingled with the 0a9bceb0cd chirping of insects, f6756263cd adding to the 4237ceda46 atmosphere of the fe9b5d5954 summer night.4f25c801c529e7fb
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“Welcome. May I see eebd4577bd your invitation, please?”af4d4772af08921a
A footman from 445eb809c6 the Vanderbilt estate 7410098c43 stepped forward, checked b59e2c3bd2 their invitation, and bbbb9efc6f politely guided them 0acbef82fb inside. Harriet couldn’t dbb3281baf shake the 47c2a06367 feeling that c5f7b367f0 even the 7cbc5df239 footman was 17db00ba6c sneaking glances de097dbb96 at her.750079a07fe349d1
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‘I am a 4f6aa438f3 diamond, I am 06e455c2f4 a diamond, I d570def09d am…’6c1fa5d691fc2bfa
Harriet repeated the mantra ca4e06ed39 she had practiced while 1d59d490d8 preparing for tonight.aea850214b485175
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She told herself that a22c7111f4 she was a diamond, c910553403 that all trials were f8a43ceff1 just tests to prove 540c9c61be her strength, and that 784e3e4617 any harsh words were cfdfe192ab merely born out of 3ce250ea74 jealousy. ‘No one can break 55e5323cf0 me.’a892a4646c06cc32
Imagining herself bf87abe8a3 as a 12b31931d0 brilliant diamond 0a2f8883e8 reflecting light 323b5393cb from all 504c9255b6 directions, she 0bac03f8bf lifted her a628d36254 chin and dae7e3fef6 looked straight 6133bd36ac ahead.70c1480428b498d3
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The room was brightly 38aae0e1fb lit, filled with women dc5a5c7c25 in gorgeous dresses and 896b7f93fc men in elegant suits. It seemed bd5e931074 like all 68013ea419 their eyes d811245903 were on 422c84fb7b her.cd1fc64f841e9cd8
Soon, the ace43e1f0a hostess of 703928dc85 the party, 3332b5018c Countess Vanderbilt, a105235142 approached and 0ea970b6f6 greeted Trisha.c9bc8aa1daa06df3
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“Welcome, Countess Pellon! I was so da8ab83062 delighted when I e8b8973cbe received your reply 1f6aca4f22 saying you’d attend.”89958abb106c2b14
“Thank you for inviting a2417ead27 me. Ah, this 7affc6c1d3 is my 7f5cc6567a great-niece, Harriet. I’m acting as her c611491b99 companion tonight. Harriet, please 81a94fb510 greet the 3b60205957 Countess Vanderbilt, 2062105a4b Diana Vanderbilt.”5653943e1db3c86e
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The Countess’s gaze a104da8676 naturally shifted to 8094f60162 Harriet, standing behind 1625075b8c Trisha. Clearly, she didn’t recognize 6fb181126f her at all. With a gentle ab1a651599 smile, Harriet slightly 913bfd2ac6 bent her knees 1886a3184d in a curtsy.b01a2d4da8a6562c
“It’s a pleasure to 51b0a4dfb9 meet you, Countess Vanderbilt. I’m Harriet Listerwell. I have heard you 2b2f3f8335 host amazing parties, and a9c78c5c8c I am excited for 4e3cf825b3 tonight.726ba8f494177858
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“Harriet Lister… Oh, 6374f8ba3c yes, welcome! Miss Harriet Listerwell.”088b1a59fa03f32c
The Countess seemed 7539b94802 to finally realize 25e27a9aba who had arrived 2bef9fdc03 at her party, e64a6461aa barely managing to ffcc4459b4 respond.82fe75f8f1967693
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Seeing her 99102e4199 awkward reaction f4ec748bf9 actually made 7e5839e860 Harriet feel 911edaa383 more at 2f8a9e41b0 ease. She smiled even more fc0d40b56d naturally.4a4fbef6c4fe240c
“Thank you c3decbf447 for the 00adcfd769 warm welcome. I remember cc924ceec1 being mesmerized 6d4072ecd3 when you 29be9b6f4e sang an af034a3603 aria at fb08dca99c the Viscount 065dcb41e2 of Ainsborough’s 75233e677f party. Are you planning to 6db9112280 sing again tonight?”eb70c5d2a03c3050
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“Oh, my! You remember that?”fadafe767d7e758d
“You sang ‘Love f4dc921cc4 Knows No Bounds,’ 3dad7fc932 right? To be honest, 8efeabe179 I thought you 886b0cc57f might lower the 4687d8a78d pitch a bit 7cf5726191 during the high 9541d397c7 notes, but your 21b05bfe6b voice rose so f14214e19d smoothly. I was really surprised.”8c4ad686690340c7
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“Oh, my, you’re making 852561cfdc me blush…”9d344a9c46693f74
“Blush? You sing as beautifully 7d0aebbd16 as professional singers.”ecf38b9d6fc1a74c
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The Countess laughed delightedly 5ce6de2ceb at Harriet’s compliment.e5c26a90b0dedab7
“She does 8005bede23 love to c979225104 sing, and 38c71b785b she’s actually 5059808675 quite good 4c88a349f6 at it. Complimenting her will 0164f6c22b certainly make her 4df93a03a2 happy.”a9552e20b7497a74
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