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The hall went quiet after the young woman walked in.

Erica knitted her brows, then she left the hands of the man and walked over to the side of Bethany, who looked like she was in distress.

Everyone thought that the young woman came to look for Miss Danica Medina.

so, the crowd parted to let her through. Danica was so excited, even though, she didn't know who the other woman was, she just felt that she might be an important person, so the sudden desire to be associated with her– She wanted to be affiliated with people of great caliber.

However, Erica stopped in front of Bethany and said. “Miss Quest, what's going on here?”.

After asking the question, she didn't bother to wait for answers before she turned her gaze toward Mrs. Downey as she asked rhetorically.“ Is this how you judge a person? I wasn't informed that this is how you welcome your guests if I had known I wouldn't have bothered with the invitations, Ms. Downey”.

When the guests heard her words, they were startled as they co
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    Erica turned to look at her, however, Bethany stopped in her tracks just as she was about to continue with her questions. “Ms. Downey, I heard you lost your lost necklace during the event. Do you have any evidence to back up your claims?” Erica asked with her brows knitted slightly.Caught off, Ms. Downey didn't know what to say as she had not bothered to look for evidence in the first place, and had just gone ahead to falsely accuse the woman.“I-I-I'm.....”Mrs. Downey stuttered trying to find the right words. However, she couldn't say anything even after stammering for a long time.“Isn't it strange that you accuse others without evidence? If this is how you treat your guests, then I wonder how you're gonna treat your neighbors”.Erica was blunt with her words. Bethany quickly shot her a glared to shut her up, but she wasn't done yet.Mrs. Downey suddenly found herself lost in thought as she was getting berated for her actions, while listening to the women scolding her, she sudden

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