“Mrs. Garner, it’s near the end of the month. From next month onward, you don’t have to come anymore, Erica said to Mrs. Garner.
Mrs. Garner nodded. ‘Yes, Miss Erica,” Then, she asked tentatively, ‘Miss Erica, the man who was outside yesterday is here again. Is he related to you?”
Erica instantly changed her countenance with a ferocious look in her eyes. “Don’t let him in He’s just a beggar’
Seeing that she would be laid off in a few days, Mrs. Garner decided to start carrying out her plan. And besides, the Tillman Family no longer had much. money left, so she had to extort a pretty penny from Erica while the latter still had some money. Suddenly, she tossed the piece of rag in her hand onto the floor and said to Erica, ‘He isn’t a beggar, Miss Erica. He’s your biological father, isn’t he?”
Erica was so shocked by her words that the cell phone she had just taken out slipped from her grasp and fell onto her
lap. She sharply turned to stare at Mrs.
Garner, asking, “What are you talking about?”
“Stop hiding it from me, Miss Erica. I overheard your conversation with him. You’re not Mr. Tillman’s daughter, but the daughter of madam and that guy, right? Anastasia Tillman is the real and only daughter of the Tillman Family.”
“T-That’s nonsense! Who allowed you to spew that nonsense?!” Erica stood up with a ferocious expression. “Try saying that nonsense again if you dare!”
Mrs. Garner was a servant, but she had the bearing of a shrew. With her hands on her hips, she argued, “Miss Erica, if you want me to keep my mouth shut, you’ve got to silence me with money. If not, I’ll go around telling people about it. Let’s see if you’ll still be able to stay in the Tillman Family then.”
In fact, Erica was indeed afraid that she would do so. She immediately implored in a soft voice, “Mrs. Garner, you’ve worked for our family for a dozen years, during which time we’ve never mistreated you. Could you please not go
around telling people about it? Please.”
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