As Frieda was chased out of the house while wearing a reluctant expression, she was, in truth, rejoicing inwardly.
If I get thrown out by Aubree's parents today, I can use that as an excuse to break all ties with Aubree. That'll be wonderful!
Unfortunately, that was all wishful thinking on her part. Before long, Aubree went up to Gina and held her back.
“Mom, please don't be like this. Frieda is unlike the rest of the Queen family. She's my best friend. Look, she even gave us money!”
Aubree viciously shot daggers at Frieda before trying to gently coax her mother into forgiving Frieda.
Without a doubt, she hated the Queen family too.
Nevertheless, she knew she could not cut off contact with Frieda just yet because the latter was still of value to her.
Seeing Aubree standing up for Frieda, the emotionally unstable Gina turned to the former and berated, “Why are you still defending her? Have you forgotten how we ended up in this predicament?”
Aubree's expression changed drastically. “I didn't forget. But that's exactly why we can't chase Frieda away!”
With that, she forcefully dragged Gina back into the living room.
Before heading in, Aubree shot Frieda a look, signaling her to leave immediately.
Frieda's expression was gloomy as things did not turn out the way she wanted. She then spun on her heel and left.
Back inside the mansion, Gina felt such an immense surge of anger and despair that she could not formulate her thoughts into words. All she could do was bawl her eyes out, tears streaming continuously down her face.
It went without saying that Aubree was feeling inexplicably frustrated as well. She merely glanced at her mother and headed upstairs without giving any explanation.
The mansion, which was already dilapidated, instantly descended into a state of despair.
Meanwhile, Roxanne received a call from Jack again after busying herself with work for several days.
“Ms. Jarvis, do you remember the new drug that I mentioned earlier? The one I'm planning to research and develop?”
Jack's cheerful voice sounded from the other end of the line.
Roxanne, who was too overwhelmed by work, only recalled that they had previously talked about that subject after hearing Jack's reminder.
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