Chapter 296

It aggravated Joanne even more that Lori was preening for male attention in the shop she and Queenie owned. Having seen through her stepsister's intentions, Joanne snapped, "Make yourself useful and see Mr. Newman out for me, will you?" Wayne happened to need a docile wife, anyway, and Joanne thought there was no better candidate than Lori. Margie and Lori had been finding ways to marry the latter into money. The former, in particular, had been angling to get into Caroline's good graces because of it. Thankfully, Caroline was smart enough to refuse every olive branch Margie extended her way. Not only that, Caroline had brutally cut off all of Margie's connections to the rich and powerful. As such, Margie and Lori had been struggling for the last few years to become part of high society. Lori had grown into her features despite being younger than Joanne by three years. She boasted considerable physical assets courtesy of the strict diet and beauty regime Margie put her on. Indeed,