Chapter 40 You're Already a Cripple

• Before Elaine could even speak, Philip couldn't help himself. "My girlfriend, Wilda, is close with the eldest daughter of the Curran family. You know the Currans, right? The most powerful and influential family in Rivington. You don't even deserve to stand in their shadow."
• Elaine scoffed, curling her lip. "The Currans? Oh, I'm trembling."
• Elaine's adoptive parents were the Shields, and long before she became involved with the Currans, she was known as Elaine Shield. When she joined the Currans a month ago, only her closest friends knew of her true identity.