Her Rebirth of Retribution novel Chapter 87

Mirabelle listened to the words of this woman next to her.

What she said was true – for daughters from wealthy families like Mirabelle, becoming famous was just to pass time, and it didn’t really matter whether she was successful or not. The most important thing was to marry into a good family, because that would set her for life.

But Mirabelle valued reputation above all, so this time she was determined to maintain her reputation no matter what it took! Whether she could still dance anymore was not important.

Mirabelle suddenly shot a glance at the woman next to her.

“Ms. Quimby, today’s matter…I think it’s impossible to keep it under wraps. The latter part of that video ends with me threatening Xandra, and if that part lands in the hands of my rivals, they’ll use it to threaten me and I’ll never be able to appear on stage again.”

When she suddenly gently called her ‘Ms. Quimby’, Harper Quimby felt her chest tighten, and she was suddenly fearful.

She forced a smile. “Don’t worry, we will keep a close eye on things. If you want to hide this, we’ll make sure it happens!”

“Impossible. After what happened today, I have no more future as a dancer.” A cold glint flashed in Mirabelle’s eyes. It was a pity, but not unacceptable.

“Xandra hates me to the core, and even though I don’t know how why he has this footage, someone is helping him now. With such a good opportunity, he won’t let me off so easily, so I must strike before he does…”

“You…you’re thinking of…?”

Harper immediately regretted asking.

Mirabelle looked at her and smiled gently, “Ms. Quimby, you’ve been with me for so many years and you treat me like your own daughter. If you heard that I ‘threatened’ Xandra in a ‘fit of anger’, wouldn’t you misunderstand my words, then do something nasty with good intentions? Like maybe poison Xandra and turn him into a mute, or lock him up somewhere…”

Everyone felt a chill in their bones and they looked sympathetically at Harper, but Harper quickly waved her hands.

“No I wouldn’t…you….you’re asking me to take the rap for you?”

This would land her in jail!

Mirabelle threw a dirty look at Harper, “What are talking about? Take the rap? I’m telling you to turn yourself in!”

Turning herself in meant that she wanted Harper to plead guilty, to admit to a crime she did not commit.

Harper’s face paled instantly. So Mirabelle was going to leave her in a ditch to maintain her reputation?

“Don’t worry, if you turn yourself in, I’ll make sure you get the lightest sentence. With the support of the Yosts, you’ll be out in a few years and I’ll make it up to you then.”

“Ms. Mirabelle! Ms. Mirabelle, please don’t do this, my son is still very young, and he can’t go without his mother…or you could get someone else…” Mirabelle could get anyone else to take the rap, why did it have to be her?

The other two technical crew members present were alarmed and quickly lowered their faces, afraid to be implicated.

Mirabelle snorted, obviously displeased.

“It has to be you! You’ve been with me the longest, so it will be easy for others to believe that you would be behind something like that, and think that I am innocent! For the sake of my future, for me to marry into the Fairchilds without a taint on my reputation, sacrifice yourself for me, Ms. Quimby!”

Harper wanted to fight back. She couldn’t take the rap just like that!

“Think about your son in hospital. His medical bills come up to $200,000 every month. If you don’t listen to me, I don’t know if he can still continue with his treatment.”

This child was Harper’s Achilles’ heel, and with this implied threat from Mirabelle, all the thoughts she had earlier about fighting back disappeared.

Mirabelle patted Harper’s trembling shoulders.

“I don’t have a choice either. I must remain pure and innocent in Kallum’s eyes, so I have no choice but to sacrifice you. Don’t worry, your sacrifice is worth it! So that’s settled then!”