Sheâs had her fair share of benefits over the past decade!
âMs. Bella has a point, but some people just donât know their place,â Edith said helplessly. âOver the past decade, everyone in the family has treated her like the apple of their eye, and thatâs not an easy feeling to shake off.â
âIâm not trying to shake off anyoneâs feelings. If her presence makes the family happy, I donât mind. But if she continues to hurt the family, I think I wonât need to say anything. Someone will kick her out.â
So, from start to finish, Arabella didnât give her the time of day.
Serena was just a clown. Although she caused a ruckus from time to time, she wasnât worth Arabellaâs personal attention.
âMs. Bella, your perspective and your tolerance are admirable.â
âYou donât have to stand up for me either. When I canât stand it anymore, Iâll handle it myself.â Arabella knew that Edith had been given the cold shoulder by Martha for not siding with Serena.
Edith hadnât expected Arabella to notice this and gratefully said, âYes.â
Although she agreed verbally, she definitely wouldnât stand by if the other party went too far.
She wouldnât allow anyone to badmouth Arabella!
âTII thank Hans again tomorrow.â
âAlright, I wonât keep you from your rest!â
After Edith left, Arabella gently touched the gift in front of her. Being loved by family felt so good.
The next morning.
Attlee was woken up by a frantic phone call.
âWhat, another processing partner wants to cancel our contract? Whatâs the situation this time? Just because Arabellaâs company is more popular after the competition and offers better terms, they decided to cancel?â
After asking a few more questions, Attlee had no choice but to hang up.
Olga, who was also woken up by their conversation, sat up and asked anxiously, âWhat happened?â
âThose processing partners, they all say they want to cancel our contract and give the orders to Arabellaâs company.â
These soâcalled processing partners were clothing companies that needed other companies to process their clothes after their own production.
Some needed to add a few more steps because they lacked the capacity.
Some needed to add labels, some needed quality inspection, and some needed to increase production.
Attleeâs company had already lost many big partners, and they barely kept going relying on these processing partners:
Now that even the processing partners were leaving, their company was really on the brink!
âArabellaâs side has lowered the price, saying they can reduce the processing fee by ten percent.â:
But that ten percent can bring a lot of profits.
Hearing Attlee say this, Olga immediately said, âThen we can also reduce the processing fee!â
Attlee shook his head and said, âIf we reduce our income by another tenth, then weâre basically working for free! Weâre mainly relying on this income now! Because the clothes we make ourselves canât be sold at all!â