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Marquise stood frolanced at hi s If she can’t handle a silly little Weaver, then she has no right to pretend otherwise"

"Sit down, Marquise" Bonnie breathed hard, glaring at me "I’ve never met someone so unrefined and uncouth"

"You obviously never paid close attention to your granddaughter then"

She’s rough as sandpaper and tough as steel

Jasmine could lie like the best of thehed th of temper ten to one

Why tell Bonnie that then? Shut up

Bonnie shoved her finger in my face "Don’t talk about her Jasmine is a woes, play the piano, stitch, sing, and run a time-worn estate She outranks you in every conceivable way"

She has you fooled as wonderfully as she did me

My respect for Jas the ga the wool over not just her grandmother’s eyes but her father’s and brother’s, too

She’s a powerful ally to have

I couldn’t stop pride and annoyance fro: "Shame you’re delusional as well as decrepit"

Bonnie’s papery hand struck my cheek Her pal She ht have the power of speech and ferocity, but when it came to physical threats--she was brittle and weak

"My family eclipses yours in every way It’s a sha Perhaps you would beco drone anyht It is a shame I didn’t have someone there to teach me how to do my makeup or bake cakes or learn an instrureith a mother But she was taken from me by you Don’t twist irl who’s here by the grace of your family because I’m not I’m your prisoner, and I hate you" I backed away from the table "I hate you, and you will pay for what you’ve done"

Her face twisted with rage "You ungrateful little--f"

"I agree I have been ungrateful I’ve been ungrateful for falling in love with a good rateful for a brother I adore and a father who’s been lost since his as taken But I’ backbone, and I ive the word"