Without hesitation, Dwayne replied, “Didn't you also have a bad reputation before? Despite that, Artemis is willing to marry you. Since I'm someone who hangs out with him, what's wrong with following his example?”
Not only was Bailey not mad when she heard Dwayne bring up her former notoriety, but she guffawed instead. “All right, I'll leave Vicky to you. If you can cheer her up, you're considered to have passed her best friend's test.”
“Thank you, Bailey.”
Inside a bedroom at the Jefferson residence, Beatrice sat on the bed as she answered her phone.
Her expression grew hideous as she listened to the report from the person on the phone.
“What did you just say? Artemis actually threw Ronni to the beggar and let him ruin her?”
“Y-Yes. That's what I found out from my investigation. Mrs. Jefferson, Ms. Rhonda is in quite a bad state.”
Beatrice's grip on the phone tightened.
Even if her daughter's reputation was currently in tatters, she had no intention of forcing Rhonda into an early grave.
Rhonda was her only daughter. Beatrice had planned to rely on Rhonda as she grew old with age.
“Bring her back to the Jefferson residence immediately!”
“I...” The person on the other end wavered for a moment before gritting his teeth and continuing, “Mr. Luther arranged for a twenty-four-hour surveillance on Ms. Rhonda. We are unable to take any action. Moreover, she is already the beggar's legally wedded wife. It's only natural for her husband to keep her by his side, so we are unable to file a police report either.”
“You...” Beatrice was so enraged that her jaws creaked with the force of her gritted teeth.
She was about the reprimand the person when she suddenly thought of something. A smile appeared on her face.
That b*tch Zoey fed Ronni abortifacient. She even messed up Ronni's and Artemis' wedding. Since Zoey hates Ronni the most, I'll force her to rescue Ronni and make her feel disgusted.
With that, Beatrice hung up the phone. She then proceeded to contact a delivery person at Hallsbay's post office.
“Hello, is this the post office? I have some documents that need to be sent. Could you please come to the Jefferson residence?”
Meanwhile, inside a five-star hotel, Scarlett started bawling the moment she saw her mother.
“M-Mom! Y-You need to back me up and seek justice for me!”
A pained expression flitted across Tamara's face when she looked at her sobbing daughter in her embrace.
Scarlett had been sickly when she was younger. Seven years ago, she had finally been cured, but she was currently afflicted with love sickness and was suffering because of it.
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