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Chapter 868

Author: Lord Leaf
At this time, 24 hours had passed since Elaine had disappeared.

Therefore, Claire was very worried and nervous, started going in and out of the beauty salons that Elaine frequented.

She came to one of the beauty salons and asked the owner while showing her Elaine’s photo, “Hi, have you seen this woman before?”

The owner looked at the photo curiously and asked, “Oh, isn’t this Mrs. Wilson?”

Claire was equally astonished. “Do you know my mother?”

The owner smiled and said, “Oh, so you are her daughter. Well, she used to be my regular here, but I haven’t seen her lately. She used to come here with her friends quite often. Why? Is she missing?”

Claire nodded and asked, “Do you know any of her friends? Can you give me their number please?”

The owner gaped as if something struck her mind and blurted, “Hey, one of her friends is doing facial right now. Why don’t I call her out and ask?”

Claire quickly said, “That will be great! Thank you!”

The owner smiled. “You’re welcome, it’s my p
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Bethany Hanna
She keeps buying Charlie's lame excuses, even in the direct face of reality. And she falls for her mom's shenanigans constantly. Oh, and she's oblivious to Loreen's feelings towards Charlie. AND hasn't consummated her marriage in 3y. She's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. Ha ha ha
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Bethany Hanna
Parker is her maiden name. When Lady Wilson wants to snub her, she uses Parker. Or that's how I've interpreted the flip-flops. I also don't think Elaine finds the Wilson name so great, so she too seems to use her maiden name a lot.
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Badger 13
Is Claire finally going to see how ugly her mom is? If she keeps looking for Elaine all she is going to find is people that hate her.
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