Chapter 722

Eliza bit her lip and avoided Elis' gaze. "This... is money I've saved up over time. My parents don't know about it." In a big city, such money was more common, but in a small town where flowers were sold by the piece and at a cheaper price, having a thousand dollars in sequential new notes was unusual. Elis wasn't fooled easily. "Tell me the truth. Where did this money come from?" Eliza bit her lip harder. "I... I found it at the airport." "This should have been handed to the police." "No!" Eliza quickly grabbed her hands and finally confessed after much hesitation, "A man bought all my flowers with a thousand dollars." While this explanation was still a bit dubious, it was more plausible than the previous one. The airport in Hallington was very simple. People who could afford flights were relatively well-off, which was why Eliza went all the way there to sell flowers. It wasn't surprising that someone might generously buy flowers from a poor-looking girl. For the wealthy, a t