You Looked Down on Me Once, Now You Look Up. novel Chapter 33

“Did you hear that, Mrs. Phipps? Your son’s the one who won’t let me go!”

Theo hung up, slamming his phone down in frustration. Patricia didn’t even flinch; she just looked at Kelly with a cool, almost bored expression, as if to say, If you want me to divorce your son, fine by me. But you’ll have to convince him first.

“What did you do to Theo, huh? What kind of spell did you put on him?” Kelly snapped.

“A spell? Give me a break. A guy who cheats doesn’t deserve soup—he deserves to eat dirt,” Marian shot back, her words hitting Kelly so hard her face blanched.

“Seriously, he wants to keep his options open and still look like the good guy. What does that say about him?”

“You watch your mouth, you insolent help!” Kelly sputtered, pointing at Marian with a shaky finger.

Marian just laughed. “Help? And what does that make you—a leftover from some ancient dynasty?”

Patricia gave a little wave, and Jackson wheeled her inside, leaving Kelly and Marian outside, still throwing insults at each other.

Meanwhile, Aiden stood off to the side in the yard, frozen and silent. The second the arguing got loud enough, he slipped away unnoticed.

Inside, Patricia glanced around the room until her eyes landed on a pale jade vase—the one Mrs. Newton had given her for her birthday.

“Take that vase and sell it. Get a knockoff to put in its place,” she told Jackson.

“Got it.”

In less than a month, Patricia had switched out every original piece in the house for fakes. The real ones? She quietly sold them and kept the cash.

She hadn’t planned to sell this particular vase. Her grandma had given it to her as a wedding gift, saying it was special, one-of-a-kind. Selling it had always felt wrong. But after today’s scene with Kelly, Patricia just didn’t care anymore.

That afternoon, Jackson took the vase to a secondhand dealer. The guy behind the counter stared at it, then looked at Jackson, clearly hesitant.

“This isn’t the real thing. There’s only one jade vase like this in all of Riverdale, and it’s with Mrs. Newton. Where’d you get this?”

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