Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Standing By Without Helping
Early in the morning, Amanda Ford was enjoying her morning tea in the garden when a servant hurriedly reported.
"Ma’am, Miss Lowell is here."
"Which Miss Lowell?"
"Miss Arthur Lowell."
"If she’s here, she’s here. What’s there to be so alarmed about?"
Amanda’s expression instantly turned cold, perhaps due to the servant’s nervousness or thinking that Arthur was here to ask for money.
Even her favorite teacup was set down heavily on the table, making quite a noise.
Seeing this, the servant quickly explained the situation: "I didn’t want to alarm you, but... Miss Lowell is covered in injuries."
"Covered in injuries?" Amanda frowned and quickly got up, "Let’s go have a look."
Amanda soon saw Arthur Lowell.
No matter how bad Arthur’s life had been before, at least she always kept herself neat and tidy.
But today, she was not only covered in wounds, her hair was also matted with dirt, and there was even a shoe print on her cheek.
Seeing her, Amanda couldn’t hide the disdain in her eyes.
Yet Arthur, upon seeing her, approached quickly as if seeing a savior.
"Auntie, you have to help me, only you can help me with this."
Amanda didn’t want her dirty hands to touch her, so she quickly stepped aside.
"What happened? Just stand there and tell me."
Amanda’s disdain was clear on her face, and Arthur felt quite displeased.
But for the sake of her livelihood, she had to endure it.
"The real estate company I worked for went bankrupt today, and they even sent people to beat me up."
While recounting the morning’s events, Arthur’s mind filled with the fear of a group of people breaking in, pinning her down, and beating her up, leaving her trembling uncontrollably.
"Their bankruptcy is beyond my help. Moreover, I’m not the one who beat you. The debt lies with the creditor, you should find those who attacked you."
"No, it was my boss who hired people to beat me. They said it was my fault their company went bankrupt, and that there’s a warning in the industry that hiring me would lead to their own ruin."
"Then what you should do is not seek my help, but reflect on what you’ve done to make others retaliate against you at such a cost."
Amanda showed no sympathy to Arthur’s tearful plea, only wanting to send her away quickly.
"I didn’t do anything wrong. From the start of my career in this industry, I’ve been earnest and hardworking with every boss. I couldn’t possibly have offended them."
At this, Arthur’s tone shifted: "Except for July, she’s the only one I’ve offended. It must be her who did this. Auntie, you have to help me!"
"July? Even if you want to make excuses, choose better ones. There’s no way July has the capability to bankrupt the Vance Family’s real estate company."
The Vance Family’s connections and influence in Westmarch were well-known, how could a nobody like July Quinn bring them down? Amanda thought it was nonsense.
Arthur knelt directly in front of Amanda, clutching her skirt with both hands.
"It’s truly July, I’m not lying. Otherwise, how could it be that I just fell out with her yesterday, and today the company crumbled, and I got beaten up? Auntie, please persuade July to show mercy."
Of course, Arthur also wanted to confront July Quinn directly.
Unfortunately, she didn’t have July’s contact number or know where she lived.
"Such things can only be chalked up to coincidence. Who knows if you didn’t already offend someone who retaliated against you right afterwards yesterday! Everyone must take responsibility for their actions, don’t come running to me and your uncle whenever something happens."
"Auntie?" Arthur looked up in shock, as if seeing Amanda Ford for the first time.
She had assumed that even if Auntie looked down on her, she’d at least help because of their blood relation.
But in the end, Auntie was busy drawing a line between them.
Amanda, unaware of how excessive her words were, continued.
"And even if, hypothetically speaking, this was indeed July’s doing, I can’t speak for her, because she severed ties with us just yesterday."
If they hadn’t discovered that July Quinn had that amount of money, it would have been fine. But knowing and not being able to get it made Amanda feel stifled.
Seeing Arthur made her even more frustrated.
If Arthur hadn’t told them this, her mood wouldn’t have been so awful.
So, she no longer wanted to see Arthur.
"Chase, escort Miss Lowell out."
"Auntie, I’m your blood relative, you can’t just let me die!"
Arthur continued to plead desperately.
But when the servant Chase stepped forward, he forcefully dragged Arthur out...