Chapter 8 - The Desperate Beggar
"Abby! Stop them!" Vivian begged, throwing herself at Abby's feet on the very marble floor where she had humiliated her daughter-in-law minutes earlier. "Take the mansion! Take the jewels! Take everything! Just drop the charges against my son!"
Sloane fell to her knees beside her mother, weeping hysterically as her arrogant facade completely crumbled.
Abby looked down at the woman who had torn her dress and called her a desperate farm girl.
"You stood in this room and tried to ruin my dignity in front of hundreds of people," Abby said with calm, unshakeable poise. "You thought poverty made me weak. But my father taught me that true strength comes from honesty—something your family never had."
"Please..." Vivian sobbed, clutching the hem of Abby's coat. "Have mercy!"
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"Mercy is for those who show it," Abby replied coldly. "Sheriff, take him away."
👉 How did Thomas and Abby handle the grand mansion after the Blackwells were cleared out?
