The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 2132

Louisa was crying so hard it seemed she might run out of breath.

Three lives at stake.

"How could you. Why would you do this? Why?" Louisa cried out in anguish, "What's so wrong with me as your sister-in-law? Tell me today, clear, and plain, what did I do, what did I say to make you wish me, my husband, and my children to be damned, speak up!"

This was the first time Arabella had ever seen her mother so utterly undone.

All her grievances, anger, and sorrow. were vented out in this moment.

At this moment, all Arabella could do was to wipe her tears, gently pat her on the shoulder, and then quietly step back.

Her brothers, too, passed tissues to their father, their silence speaking volumes.

"When I married into this family, you received your wedding gift a year later than I did, but yours was significantly more substantial. Even the house you got was more expensive, more luxurious," Beverly looked up with a touch of sadness and a sense of loss, "That was the first time I felt the unfairness from our parents."

Before Beverly could respond, Cornelia, clearly upset, interjected, "How can you say that? The year you got married, gold was priced at $10 per gram. I got you 999 grams, hoping your love with Lucas would last forever. The following year, when Louisa married into the family, the price of gold had risen to $13 per gram, but I still got her 999 grams—the amount was the same!"

"No, it's not the same. The total value was much more in her case!" Beverly's eyes shimmered with hurt, "You gave me gold worth $99,900; you should've given her gold at the same price to be fair! And at her wedding, she had twenty more tables of guests than I did."