Chapter 170

Sarah stepped toward the door hesitantly but did not go inside. "Anne, I'll let you rest, then. I'll be on my way." By the time Anne came outside, Sarah was gone, and the card was sitting on her coffee table. She stared dazedly at the card. Anne did not resent Sarah. She cared for her 'aunt', after all; she simply wasn't used to considering her as her 'mother'. In the end, Sarah was still her mother, and she could not bring herself to hate her when she herself was a mother of three as well. Her phone inside the room started ringing and disrupted her sulking. She got up to find her phone and realized that it was a call from Tommy. She did not want to answer, but he refused to give up and kept calling until she picked up. "What do you want?" she answered in frustration. "I heard you lost your job?" Tommy drawled. His tone was an odd balance between mockery and sympathy. Before Anne could respond, he continued, "Come to work at the Marwood Group!" "What? No way," she refused witho