Chapter 122

• Stella glanced down at the jewelry box that had fallen on the floor beside her; the necklace inside had shattered into two pieces. It was only now that Phoebe regained consciousness. She blurted in a haste, "Annie, what are you doing?"
• "Phoebe, this woman faked her pregnancy to make my cousin Clarence marry her," Annie remarked. “Then she made every effort to be cruel to Horace."
• "Ms. Radomil is not one of those people. Annie, did you get something wrong?”