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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Elowen!" Mrs. Strider sounded a bit upset: "Are you here to make trouble at our house today? If you are, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. We're having a family dinner, and outsiders shouldn't be here."
"No, no, I'm here to see Alaric..." Elowen looked at Mrs. Strider with a hurt expression. She didn't understand why Mrs. Strider just didn't like her, always mocking and sneering at her.
"Alaric isn't here. Come another day," Mrs. Strider said impatiently. She was annoyed just looking at Elowen's pitiful face. Elowen always used her victim act as a weapon, dangling it over Alaric, just like those fox spirits who used to haunt her ex, using pity to manipulate without any real skills.
"My family is having financial troubles right now. Could you possibly lend me some money..." Elowen stopped Mrs. Strider and said,
Elowen was desperate. Her family was on the verge of bankruptcy. If she didn't
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