Chapter 34

A neighbor spoke up, "Just the necklaces alone, there are four or five of them. If each one is worth about 40 thousand dollars, that's 200 thousand dollars. And the price of gold has been increasing over the years, so it looks like Emily gave her at least 300 thousand dollars worth of jewelry back then." "It's more than that. Didn't you hear? There were rings too." Margaret was flustered, and her voice rose, "Those were gifts from Emily for helping her out. Gifts, you hear me? Are you suggesting I should return things people gave me out of gratitude?" "Margaret, don't be in a hurry. It's good that you admitted it. I just don't understand why, despite not having any pressing financial difficulties, you accepted 50 thousand dollars to sell me off to that man…" Margaret's face turned pale. "What nonsense are you spouting? Stop this and come upstairs with me!" Her outburst only fueled the growing murmurs around us. "Don't listen to this brat! She's just upset because I didn't give he