Liberty said to Mrs. Stone, “Aunt Audrey, Seren and I are young and able. We don’t need your help. Don’t worry too much about us. Have faith in us. We will get to the top with our own effort.
“I do have one thing to ask of you. Try not to let everybody know that Seren and I are your nieces. We have seen all kinds of people and the ugly side of humanity. I’m worried that others might use us against you or the Stone Group.”
After much thought, Mrs. Stone replied, “I’m happy that you think that way, Liberty. You are both strong-willed like me. I’ll take a step back since you don’t need my help, but you must let me know if things get tough for you.
“It doesn’t matter if others don’t know about our relationship, but your relatives must know of that fact, or they’ll continue to pester you girls for money.”
Stone Group’s reputation came in handy at times.
“They already know Elisa stands behind us.”
Elisa got into it with the Hunts at the shop.
“I won’t go out of my way to tell them, but I might use your name to put pressure on them when we take them to court to repossess our parents’ home. It should work in our favor.”
“Tell me when you decide to start the legal battle. I can help you hire the best lawyer. With the inheritance law, you should win the case.”
Liberty knew that she and her sister would get the house back through court. However, the Hunts were despicable and would not easily back off. Even if the sisters won the legal battle, the Hunts would play dumb. The sisters would have to pull out the big guns and use Aunt Audrey’s name.
Following the long talk with Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Stone was true to her word and only watched her nieces in the dark. She did not interfere with her nieces’ lives.
It was only right to leave the girls to walk their paths.
It took a week before Zachary got rid of his nasty cold.
Since there was work to be done, Callum took over while Zachary was in the hospital.
Callum returned to Wiltspoon a day before Zachary was due to be discharged.
With New Year closing in, most factories had put out the dates of the Christmas and New Year closure.
York Corporation was rushing the year-end deadlines. After consultation with Zachary, it was decided that the employees could go on leave during the festive holidays.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Cupid's Arrow Hit On Me novel (Serenity and Zachary)