Chapter 18 Duties of A Wife

• I hunched my shoulders and bit my tongue, feeling the weight of Alice's piercing gaze. After what seemed a long while, she finally broke the silence, and her voice was sharp with disdain. "You really need to manage your family better and stop misusing the Eckman Group's name to further your own interests. If this happens again, I'll see to it that your brother, Charles, is thrown in jail."
• Confused and startled by her harsh words, I managed to stammer, "Mom, what are you talking about?"
• Is there some trouble at my brother's garment factory? I mused.