บททั้งหมดของ Nine Ungrateful Sisters: บทที่ 681 - บทที่ 690

"I want you out. I'm not replacing furniture every other week," the landlady said.Giana stepped in front of Hilda and faced the landlady. "I'm sorry about my sister's tone. What happened this morning has been resolved. It won't happen again. Please, just let us stay."The landlady lifted her chin. "Absolutely not."Neighbors began drifting out of their homes.She raised her voice another notch. "Everyone, listen to this. These women owe money to people you don't want showing up on this street. Now they're standing here telling me it won't happen again. Who believes them? Does anyone here actually believe them?"Heads shook all around."If their word meant anything, how did they end up in this mess in the first place?""Exactly. You think those people are going to accept promises from women like this?""If I were you, I'd throw them out tonight. You saw what happened today. The rest of us still want to live here in peace."Voices piled on top of one another, and not a single o

"Giana!""Giana!"Diana and Hilda helped Giana inside and settled her into a chair.People liked to say strength appeared when it was needed, but that was only another way of describing endurance. If a woman had the luxury of staying gentle, none of them would choose to grow thorns.They had barely caught their breath and managed only a few hurried sips of water when slow, deliberate applause echoed from outside."That's the Chamberlain women for you. That kind of backbone doesn't come from nowhere."They looked up. Hilda let out a delighted cry. "Amara!"Amara stepped through the doorway at her own pace, completely unhurried."Amara!" Diana and Giana echoed the greeting, but unlike Hilda's excitement, their voices carried something else: wariness.Giana pulled away from Hilda's support and got to her feet. "Amara, what brings you here?"Amara walked inside without waiting for an invitation. She swept her gaze over the room, let out a quiet sound of contempt, and pressed her

"We have a plan for Diana as well. We've also picked up Irene's trail. The only one we have nothing on is Bella. She's still completely off the radar."Jason laid out the details. Most of the work had been Amara's doing, which struck him as strange.The entity inhabiting Amara's body should have had access to her thoughts and memories. Yet it seemed to know almost nothing about everything Amara had already set in motion."Good." Amara's expression softened slightly. "Start with Clara next. She's been at the factory for several days now, hasn't she? It's time she learned what the real world is like."Jason smiled. "Yes."He had orchestrated both the factory job and Elara's predatory loan. The others would have their turn soon enough."Any news on Oscar?" Amara asked."He's home. He looks completely recovered." Jason held out a photograph. It showed Oscar back at the Miller villa, looking as though nothing had ever happened.Amara studied the photo. A slow, satisfied smile spread

Clara stopped herself. The team leader was not her parent, and she was not a child.Besides, what would telling him actually accomplish? At best, she might get a different dorm room, with no guarantee the next one would be any better.The factory was not large. She had seen the team leader gossiping with the others often enough.Good news stayed quiet. Everything else spread fast.Before the day was over, she would become the story everyone passed around."That woman over there. A grown adult gets pushed around in her own bunk, then runs to management.""The whole dorm's against her, and she thinks everyone else is the problem. Classic.""Switching rooms won't help. She needs a new attitude."She could already hear it.Clara reached for the simplest excuse she could think of. "Thank you for everything you've done for me. Something's come up with my family. I won't be able to stay on.""Family emergency? I can give you a few days off. Take care of what you need to, then come b

The workers behind her could only watch and wait. If any of them left their stations to help, their own alarms would start blaring.Clara pressed her lips together. She knew walking out in the middle of her shift was on her.The team leader's voice softened when he saw her hesitate. "Look, here's what we'll do. Tell me what's wrong. Whatever I can fix, I'll fix it. Don't keep talking about resigning. This is one of the biggest factories in Silverton. The pay structure, the systems, everything here is solid."If you can't make it work here, you won't make it anywhere else either. So tell me what's going on. If I can solve it, will you at least consider staying?"The offer tugged at her. Her empty wallet pulled even harder. She had been here for less than a month. If she quit now, she would lose her performance bonus and most of the benefits package.She would receive only her base pay, and that would not be enough to cover food and rent if she had to find another place to stay."I