The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 1953

Well, it caused a sensation like a rock concert!

"Did you send it out already?"

"So, you two are like over the moon about her?"

"Over the moon? More like over the stars!" Phillip gushed, grinning from ear to ear. "If we're standing here today, it's all thanks to her! She's a whiz in medicine, cured both of us with her skills. Some of the treatments were rarer than a blue moon, and she managed to get them somehow."

Everyone was gobsmacked. Could it be that Serena was that impressive? She could cure the elders' ailments?

A bunch of folks knew Phillip had his ticker operated on more times than he'd care to count, it was practically patched together like a quilt. Even the renowned Dr. James Newton was at his wits' end with it.

And wasn't Shirley practically in a vegetative state? She got cured too?

When did Serena ever study medicine?

Since when did she become so darn capable?

Skeptical as they were, people still snapped photos of Phillip and Shirley's beaming faces, some even went live on the spot.

Then out of the second car stepped the ever-so-graceful Jennifer and the spirited George.

They too were swarmed by reporters, like bees to honey.

A reporter chased up the rumor about the Collins' heiress spending New Year's Eve with the McMillians and sharing a feast with them. Jennifer cheerfully admitted, "Yes, that's right."

"And will you give her that heirloom aquamarine necklace you were saving for her?" another reporter inquired curiously.

"It's already hers."

The crowd was stunned once more.