After knowing Who She Is They Kneeled novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Disdain

“Since you already know who saved Corey, pick out a few gifts and send them over first.” Adrian coughed lightly, his cool and unfathomable gaze landing on Tommy. “In a couple of days, I’ll take Corey there myself to thank her properly:”

Tommy broke into a cold sweat under that stare and didn’t dare look up. “Got it!”

Tracking down Annelise should be easy. With the Whitman family’s link, she’d have to show some courtesy.

Tommy thought he had it all figured out, but Annelise thought the Whitman family brought nothing but bad luck and wanted nothing to do with them.

The Whitman family, however, was pushing their way in

Like right now

Annelise was about to hop on her bike when a voice she knew too well cracked beside her.

“What the hell are you doing here?”

It was her foster mom, Gloria Wilson, sounding like she had stepped in something nasty, too grossed out to even say Annelise’s name

Annelise turned her head and saw a bunch of people standing there.

Besides her foster dad, Stephan Whitman, there were some of the Wilson family’s relatives. Juliette, who had just been brought back, was right there in the middle.

She had an old lady by the arm, giggling and whispering something

Rosalie Kendrick clearly liked her. She gave her hand a light, approving pat, like everything was just perfect.

Gloria didn’t want the people behind her to spot Annelise, so she stepped sideways to block their view: “Hey, I’m talking to you! What are you doing here?”

She tried to hide how annoyed she was, but her voice gave her away.

“We told you yesterday your real parents are out in the sticks. If you’re not going to them,

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why follow us here and make a scene?”

She figured Annelise had tailed them and was lurking outside, waiting for them to come out

“If 1,600 dollars isn’t enough, I can send you more.”

Gloria looked the girl over: plain T–shirt, old jeans, no makeup, backpack hanging off one shoulder like it weighed nothing.

She wondered, “This is what Annelise looks like after leaving us? Flat broke, huh?”

She took a deep breath and lowered her voice. “Look, I know you don’t wanna go back to the sticks after living the high life. But we’re not your meal ticket anymore. Here’s a card with 8,000 dollars. Take it and get lost.”

Watching her scramble to cut ties, Annelise hooked a hand over the handlebar, lazily flicked her eyes up, and was about to say something.

“Gloria, who’s this? Do you know her?” Rosalie walked over, looking curious.

“Just some distant relative I bumped into,” Gloria said quickly. “She’s still young, so I thought I’d help her out a bit.”

“Mm.” Rosalie nodded, satisfied, then turned to Juliette. “Julie has got your soft heart.”

Juliette fixed those innocent eyes on Annelise, words dancing on her tongue, but she only looked down sweetly. “My mom always says we should lend a hand. That’s what being a doctor is all about.”

“Good girl.” Rosalie smiled and pointed at Stephan. “You’re lucky. Your daughter is a real gem.”

Stephan had been weighing whether to come clean about who Annelise really was.

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