Stanley didn't lie to Lauren, because when she wakes up the next morning, the last night is a complete blur. It's not because of how memorable her wedding night was, but because her husband insisted on putting the healing balm on her palms. She was restrained, so she didn't cause a scene by running out and tearing everywhere down. Thankfully, the Master's bedroom is soundproof...She stares at her hands, which have been wrapped in clean bandages, and then she notices that she doesn't feel any pain in them. Once she peels off the wraps, she gasps because her hands look very different from the eyesore that she was getting used to. She turns her hands around, and not even a scar on them! What sort of magic did Stanley perform on her? The door opens and she immediately jumps into a sitting position, once she sees that it's her husband. He is holding a tray of food, and he smiles once he sees that she is awake. "Oh look at you, already awake!" He beams. He places the food down, an

"Smile for the camera, Lauren!" Gayle has a wicked grin on her own face as she takes a picture of Lauren behind the bars. The right thing to have done would have been to keep her in an interrogation room till the right authority comes, but she skipped all of that. Lauren is so tired and exhausted from crying so hard. Maybe if she listened to John Plummer, and didn't run away from the house, she would have someone to rescue her from this mess of a situation. "Gayle, please can I just explain my situation to you for a moment? I swear, I am not a criminal! I didn't run away!" "Save the explanation for someone who cares, Lauren. If it's by me, I would prefer that you get hung in the middle of the town!" "Please, Gayle. I'm just newly married and my husband will be wondering where I have gone. Please, let me call him, so that he won't be so worried about me." Gayle snorts as she seats heavily in her chair. "Let your husband come here to find you. I will throw him right in there wi

Gayle and her father immediately have their heart shattered. Gayle falls on her knees and starts to wail like her life is over, because it is. "Please, Mrs Adkins, please you can't do this! My family has been living in this town for like a hundred years! This is just a little misunderstanding!" Hearing them beg, Seven pushes Lauren behind him, because he knows that they are trying to gaslight her into changing her mind. "She has made up her mind, do not test my patient, Mister Anthony! Take your daughter and leave Mrs Adkins' town!" "Please, listen to me, this is too shameful for my family. My wife was buried here, so please don't send us away. This is the home of my ancestors, we have nowhere else to go!"Seven snorts nonchalantly. "Do I look like I care, Mister Anthony? You better dig up your dead wife and take her with you!"In all the troubles, Gayle can't help but notice that Teddy is not said a word to beg on their behalf. "Teddy, have you no heart!" He hits him with her f

"There is a job for you, Lauren," Stanley tells his wife as they get ready to get into bed for the night. Her face is flashing with so much excitement. She has been waiting for this for a very long time!She jumps into Stanley's arms and kisses him like her life depends on it."Thank you! Thank you! You are the best husband in the world!" She beams. "When do I start? Am I a cleaner or do I prepare meals for the employees?" Stanley almost laughs because of how little his wife thinks of herself. "Emerald, baby, didn't you go to school and graduate in the top of your class in the university? Lord Snow is very confident that you should join one of the teams that have been set aside to lead a business he partly acquired."Lauren's jaw slacks to the ground. "An office job?" Stanley stops, "what's the matter, baby? This is not what you wanted?" "Oh, it's not that. It's just that I didn't expect for something like that to be given to me. I wasn't given an office job, not even by my own

Emerald sits in one of the assistants' chairs in the corner, huffing and puffing like an angry bird. It's too bad that the active participants of the meeting are too engrossed to notice her and her sour behavior. Now that Lauren has been given the chair at the head of the table, the meeting has become even better and more productive. They've settled on a new product, a new target market, and a partial rebrand. "Miss Lauren, I must say that you are the best at the job! Where have you been all this time? Lord Snow has been hiding the best all this while!" Lauren laughs as she pushes her hair away down her face. "I'm just a fresh hired gentleman, but I'm very happy to be here. I'm sure that we are going to be able to do a lot today." "Of course we are going to be able to do a lot! You are our chair lady, remember?" Once the meeting is over, the men stands up, bade Lauren a respectable goodbye, and then they walk out of the room without looking at Emerald, and this only manages