inley took the bag and meticulously inspected its contents: tissues, perfume, a compact mirror, lipstick. In a small side pocket were a few credit cards and a driver\u2019s license. There was also a small notepad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He picked it up and began to read through Honora\u2019s recent notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[The real Miss Judson is coming home. I hope she can accept me. All I want is to stay with Mom, Dad, and my brothers.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[I think I made the real Miss Judson angry. She even chose Neville and Sapphira as her parents. What should I do? Mom, Dad, and Leopold must be in such a difficult position.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[I made her angry again. She slapped me, and Leopold got kicked trying to defend me. She\u2019s gone too far.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Finley\u2019s leg is injured. I don\u2019t know what happened.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[At the welcome party, I don\u2019t want to disappoint Mom, Dad, Finley, and Leopold.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[I think I disappointed them anyway.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Finley seems troubled lately. I wish I could help him.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[I asked a friend, and he actually knows Field of Lari! I\u2019m so glad I can finally help Finley.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Leopold was in a car accident and is in a coma. How could this happen?]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Finley told me Larissa is Field of Lari. I failed to help him again.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Please wake up soon, Leopold. I don\u2019t think I can hold on much longer. You wouldn\u2019t have been in that accident if you weren\u2019t trying to stand up for me.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[I would give half my life to see Leopold wake up.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Finley has been looking at me strangely. Does he blame me too? For being so useless.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Larissa is terrifying. With a past like that, Mom, Dad, and Finley are in danger! I can\u2019t let her hurt them! At Larissa\u2019s engagement party, will expose her for who she really is!]\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time Finley finished reading, his hands were trembling, his eyes filled with guilt. In that moment, he was ashamed of himself for ever doubting his sweet, considerate sister. His assistant noticed his expression. \u201cMr. Judson, is everything alright?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley composed himself and put the notepad back in the bag. \u201cIt\u2019s nothing. There\u2019s one more thing I need you to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, Mr. Judson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOrder the latest limited\u2013edition designer handbag for me.\u201d He was determined to make up\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
10.22\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 231\u00a0<\/p>\n
for his suspicion and shower Honora with affection.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRight away, Mr. Judson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Leopold\u2019s hospital room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Honora sat by Leopold\u2019s bed, scrolling through the latest designer bag releases on her\u00a0<\/p>\n
phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI wonder which one Finley will buy me after he reads all those heartfelt things I wrote just for him?\u201d she mused aloud. \u201cThis one\u2026 no, not expensive enough, and not a limited\u00a0<\/p>\n
edition\u2026 It must be this one\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had noticed Finley\u2019s suspicion when he visited the other night. When he mentioned her bag again in the hospital today, she knew what she had to do. She had made sure not to hide the miniature syringe in her lipstick case and had left the notepad for him to find. Those words would surely move him enough to give her anything she wanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What she wanted was his guilt. It would make him even more devoted to her, more willing to do whatever she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes glazed over from staring at the screen. She put down her phone and looked at Leopold.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, Leopold, both of you are so foolish, so easily manipulated. Compared to Solon and Haskell, you two were far too easy to win over.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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