ne's

ng it in the hopes that whoever it was would leave. Probably one of our neighbors, who brought us some of t

igital clock on the bedside table to see what time it was.

son made me angry. I rolled around in my bed. I had trouble going to sleep. I had to

end and business partner. I was hoping we could hang out at the n

exclusive bar in New York where all the super rich and famous peo

ice, three times, or even four times as much to pay for our daily costs and her medical bills. I worked at our on

gain, I walked faster to

g at my door. She had on makeup, and her dark hair wa

ndfather with personal things. "He sent me to ask you to join

up, and I said, "No thank

ld also like to talk to you abo

an wait. If it's okay with you, I'm going to go back to

, took what I said seriously and left me alone. I

aying with the broccoli on my pl

. I felt like I was walking to nowhere. My heartless and cold-hearted gran

bout Alexander Kenneth Grandson. I couldn't understand why a very wealthy man would agree t

fat devil with a small mouth. No matter

st powerful man in the world, no doubt. I couldn't stand the thought of getting married to a man like

It was Grandpa's personal assistant again.

r, but your Grandpa sent us to give

t was sacrifice

any plans for the meeting that night. I didn't want to think about it. I would go there i

cians to make me look better. I was very upset with how things turned out because they d

y brown eyes looked dramatic, and my lips puckered up. M

dress that showed off every curve of my body, a

ou look so beautiful, Miss Pallister,

Bella,"

," she said

inside, I was sad. Why must I talk to him right away? I planned to have a good time in the limo. I had never been in a car

d the bottle of champagne he was holding. I took a big gulp of t

ing like I didn't know what I was doin

pa better," he s

gave an

im all of a sudden

h me. People, especially my grandson, would wonder w

want me to do next, act like you never left us? That I live well outside o

ly that, but you were born in the UK and went to high school in a boardin

er been out of the country!