Chapter 57
Wilma was furious.
That was absurd!
That was total nonsense!
Paulina had crossed the line this time!
“Aunt Wilma, please take a moment to breathe,” Luna coaxed, and her voice was a soothing balm as
she gently held Wilma’s arm. “Knowing Paulina as I do, she’s not one to blur the lines of right and
wrong without reason. If she’s brought Ms. Yeager here, she must have her reasons. Maybe, just
maybe, Ms. Yeager can heal Tammie, right?”
Trying to keep a lid on her boiling fury, Wilma retorted, “Heal? Everyone in Cloudcrest knows that the
Morris girl is nothing but an illiterate chatan. If she had any talent, pigs would sprout wings and take
to the skies! I bet Paulina wants to see Tammie six feet under!”
“Aunt Wilma,” Luna continued, “there’s an old saying that a gentleman should not judge the merits of
another’s words by their status nor dismiss the worth of their status by their words. Maybe we’ve got
Ms. Yeager wrong. She doesn’t seem as bad as the rumors paint her.”
Wilma nced at Luna helplessly. “Luna, you’re too naive. Do you believe that quack could know
anything about medicine? If Anthea had such miraculous healing powers, her name. wouldn’t have
dragged through the mud in Cloudcrest! People have eyes. If she was that impressive, who could
nder her?”
Fraud was a fraud!
No amount of dressing up could turn a fake into a genius.
Hearing that, Luna furrowed her brow. “Well, Aunt Wilma, you do have a point. After all, they say the
people’s judgment is rarely wrong.”
But when the words left her mouth, Luna shifted the direction of the conversation, “However, I heard
from Paulina that her Uncle Wird had introduced Ms. Yeager to her. The family wouldn’t steer the
family wrong. Maybe we’re making this moreplicated than it is. What if there’s a twist in the tale
and Ms. Yeager manages to cure Tammie?”
Far from beingforted, Wilma grew angrier.
Paulina’s Uncle Wird was no simple man. He graduated from a prestigious medical school and knew
pharmacology well.
The Smith family’s pharmacy had been in business for nearly a century.
How could such a man rmend a fraud to treat Tammie?
It was clear as day to anyone with half a brain!
It was nothing but a scheme by Wird and Paulina to get their hands on the ck family
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fortune.
They wanted Tammie dead so they could seize the ck wealth!
What a despicable move!
That uncle and niece were shameless!
The more Wilma thought about it, the angrier she became, wishing to strangle Paulina with her bare
hands. “They’re plotting to kill Tammie and usurp the ck family!”
“What?” Luna gasped, and her face was pale. “No, that can’t be…”
Wilma’s emotions were an open book to Luna, who quickly added, “Aunt Wilma, don’t jump to
conclusions. Maybe Paulina and her uncle were duped by Anthea, too. I can vouch for her with my
integrity. Paulina is not the type to harm her husband. She loves Tammie. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have
been so desperate to marry her in the first ce.”
The mention of that had stirred bitter memories in Wilma.
Paulina’s family was nothing special, just regr folks making ends meet.
Her marrying into the ck family was a stroke of sheer luck!
Had it not been for Tammie’s attempted suicide, Wilma would never have allowed Paulina to marry into
the family.
Over the years, Wilma had never quite taken to Paulina. And it seemed her instincts were right. Paulina
was nothing but trouble!
And she was out to harm Tammie!
Wilma shot up from her seat, fury radiating as she stormed toward the bedroom.
“Aunt Wilma!” Luna hurriedly followed.
Inside the room, Anthea had already left.
Only Paulina was there, cleaning Tammie’s body with a cloth soaked in herbal medicine, its faint scent
permeating the air.
“Bitch!” Wilma strode over and pped Paulina across the face without a second thought.