Chapter 313

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Fiona had never seen Naomi so angry. When Naomi returned to the Quinnell villa that night, she flung
her favorite vase of roses onto the
floor and shattered it. Fiona wanted to stop her but held back out of
fear.
She wondered what had happened at the Quinnell residence to incur
Naomi’s wrath. But who could she ask?
Fiona also found it odd that Shane had not returned with Naomi even
though he was the one who had brought her to the Quinnell residence
to discuss her adoption with Fabian.
Curiosity got the better of Fiona, and she took it upon herself to seek
the answers to her questions.
She had established a network of intelligence after serving in the Quinnell family for so long, and her
sources included Shane’s drive
who happened to be her cousin. She was the one who had gotten hin
the job in the first place.
Fiona demanded of him anxiously, “What happened at the main
residence?”
Her cousin spoke in hushed, secretive tones on the other line. “Fiona, I just dropped Mr. Quinnell off at
the hotel. From what I heard during his phone call, his long-lost daughter has apparently been found.”
“What?” Fiona shrieked in disbelief. She pressed a hand to her chest as she felt palpitations. “What do
you mean she’s been found? That’s impossible!”
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“I’m serious, Fiona,” came her cousin’s nervous reply. “Mr. Quinnell
Senior didn’t even tell Mr. Quinnell until the last minute. The long-lost
Ms. Quinnell will be coming home in two days.
“Promise me you’ll take this to the grave. And you didn’t hear about
this from me. I’ll talk to you some other time, Fiona. You’d better
make preparations.”
Fiona knew what preparations her cousin was talking about. All these
years, the Quinnell family had exhausted their resources and
connections looking for their long-lost heiress.
Now that she had been found, Naomi’s adoption would become an impossibility.
Fiona had taken care of Naomi for years, and she was so happy to learn that Naomi was going to
become an official member of the Quinnell family.
There was no worse time for the long-lost heiress to be found tha
now. The whole thing was too coincidental for comfort.
Fiona’s l*ps paled when she glanced at Naomi’s tightly-shut bedroom
door.
Inside the bedroom, Naomi was sitting at her vanity and staring at herself in the mirror. There was a
malicious gleam in her dark eyes.
Right now, she looked nothing like the cool-headed and proper young lady she had always portrayed
herself as.
She grabbed her l*pstick and began to scribble nonsense onto the mirror. The more she scribbled, the
more menacing she looked. She couldn’t stand the idea of falling from her pedestal.
Naomi could already imagine what the upper-crust society would say
about her once word of this got out. She would be cast out
immediately.
She lowered her gaze, her resolve turning into molten steel. She wouldn’t sit by and do nothing, even if
it meant resorting to cruelty.
As she contemplated her next steps, she threw her l*pstick into the bin and heard the thud that
followed,
The scribbling she had made on the mirror seemed to reflect her clamored mind, but there was
something inexplicably sinister about it.
The next morning, Waterview Alley was lively as a crowd had gathered outside Margaret’s house.
Firecrackers had been lit as the neighbors bade farewell to Margaret. Everyone had come to wish her
well.
They’d known her since she was young and sprightly, just as they had
seen her at her most disgraced. They had seen how her son and daughter-in-law were determined to
bleed her dry.
The neighbors had been furious with Ewan and Wanda, but eventually
the despicable couple stopped coming altogether.
Without access to welfare funds, Margaret was forced to make ends meet by setting up a massage
parlor
She was kind and often scrimped to get by, but she never stooped so
low as to take advantage of others. At some point along the way, she adopted Wynter and had her help
as an apothecary-in-training.
Now that things were finally looking up for Margaret, Wynter, and Wolf, the entire Waterview Alley
couldn’t help but rejoice on their behalf. The loveable trio was going to set up shop in Kingbourne,
which was an amazing feat in its own right.
Susan and Ruth were reluctant to let Margaret go. They flanked her and fussed over her.
“Margaret, promise us you’ll come back to visit us often. We can make raspberry tarts again once the
fruit is in season.”
“I will,” Margaret reassured as she patted both the ladies’ hands.
Wynter was surrounded by a crowd as well, including the leaders of Harmony Community.
Among them, Zach was the most reluctant to let Wynter leave, but he knew it was in her best interests
in the long run.
“Traditional medicine has been a misunderstood field for a long time. Make sure you set the record
straight and prove those conservative fools wrong when you get to Kingbourne.
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