Chapter 55: Cruel Reality

"And what if she's trying to get rid of it? What if she has to spend it fast?"

Adriana shivered. "That makes it sound even shadier."

Aurora wagged her finger and said,

"What if she has done the same thing in the past and it has become her habit? Maybe her mother-in-law and her villainous husband had asked so much from her that she started to consider such things as normal?"

 

Theodore frowned. "You mean… like they treated her like a money machine?"

Aurora nodded. "Yeah! Maybe they always made her give them money, so now she thinks giving away gold is normal."

Adriana crossed her arms. "That sounds awful. But if that's true, why would she still do it? No one's forcing her now."

Lucas sighed. "Maybe she doesn't know how to stop."

Olivia's eyes widened. "Wait… what if she thinks she has to do it? Like, maybe she's scared something bad will happen if she doesn't give people money?"

Silence.