The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 148

"After finding out about her origins, the Murphy family offered Yvonne a hundred grand, but Yvonne didn't bite. She just hoped to spend some time with Yolanda when she could. However, Yolanda wasn't having any of it and didn't want much to do with her."

"Yvonne tried to visit the Murphy family many times, but was shooed away by the help every time. Now, she's in bad health, with no income, and no family or kids to look after her. It's kinda pitiful."

"She ended up raising an ungrateful brat," Arabella knew Yolanda's character. Yolanda would just see her past as a humiliation, preferring to push Yvonne away to clamber up the social ladder!

"Another odd thing is, the higher-ups from Mercy Hospital back then are all missing, and there's no trace of them even in the archives."

"Now, all we can do is look for clues from Yvonne and other rescuers. But boss, brace yourself. The results may not come quickly."

"Mhm." Arabella finished, felt her phone buzz. She glanced at the screen, it was Romeo calling, "Gotta take this."

After her call with Romeo and a shower, Arabella hit the sack.

In her dream, she seemed to be back at the Murphy family, watching a little girl holding Olga Murphy's hand, teary-eyed, asking, "Mama, when will you come back next time?"

"Arabella, can you just stop? Your dad and I are up to our eyeballs in work every day. Do you think we're idle? Just because you have a fever, we should come see you?"

Little Arabella felt wronged, crying softly, "I didn't..."

"Do you think your grandma would call us and force us to come back if you didn't tell her? Do you know how much we have to put on hold every time we come back!"

"Alright Olga, she's just a kid," Attlee Murphy tried to mediate.

"A kid?" Olga snapped, "Which kid manipulates us with the elders at such a young age? Look at how your mom spoils her! I tell you, Arabella, the more you do this, the more I dislike you! You are always crying, so annoying!"

Watching Olga storm off, Attlee hurriedly followed, "Honey, don't be like this... The kid doesn't know that her grandpa left the company to us after his death, and that so many people in the company are trying to oust us, setting up roadblocks... She just misses us."