"Lara, you did a great job! In the future, you absolutely must maintain a good relationship with this Mrs. Quinn! Keep in touch frequently—not just by phone, take flights to Imperial City often! Invite her out for tea, shopping, whatever she likes, you buy it for her, understand? This is a very important connection, we absolutely have to maintain it! Don't be stingy, you have to be generous! Even if she's living the good life in the Quinn Family now and isn't hurting for money, who in this world doesn't like being fawned on and flattered, huh?"
Edward Sullivan instructed Lara Kemnis with all seriousness.
Lara nodded, but inside she felt a pang of bitterness, an indescribable discomfort.
Back in school, that Mrs. Quinn was so insignificant, just an ugly duckling!
She had to watch the face of me, the great Miss Kemnis!
I'd give her the clothes I didn't like, and she had to act all grateful!
Who would've thought thirty years later, tables would turn and fortunes would change.
