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"I suppose there was no need for a huge investment. That land wasn't worth much, anyway. I heard that they got it for just five million.

"With a few hundred thousand dollars, they could turn a huge profit! It's a piece of cake for the Whitmans, don't you think, Mrs. Whitman?" one of the ladies teased.

The incessant chatter became too much for Ophelia to handle. No longer interested in her beauty treatments, she hoped to reach home soon to ask Cyrus if he could still reach out to Wynter.@@novelbin@@