Chapter 384

Sally sounded sincere when she said that. It was also clear that she was lonely. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone from confronting me one moment to wanting to be friends the next. "I don't have many friends. Arthur doesn't let me make any friends, but I can tell he treats you differently, so I thought maybe we could be friends. I'm sure he wouldn't mind," Sally said as she walked toward me. I didn't respond. "Madeline, I mean it. I really want to be your friend, and Tiffany really likes you. She's mentioned you several times." Sally brought up her daughter. "I know you probably look down on someone like me, but maybe you could take it as being friends with Tiffany instead." Sally no longer had the arrogance or haughtiness from earlier. In fact, she looked almost pitiful now, as if she was begging me. "I'm swamped and don't have time to make friends." I refused. It wasn't that I was being heartless, but getting involved with Arthur's woman would only bring trouble and no benef