Three years and five months later.
In the three years and five months that Madeleine was away, Ruby Gregory had made a new friend on Mom’s Forum, who shared her surna. The friend, Emily Gregory, also had multiples: twins, a boy and a girl, the boy nad Pippin and the girl nad Sue, all part of a happy family.
The Triplets and Pippin were born in the sa year, though Pippin was a month younger.
Perhaps because they shared the sa surna, and their children were almost the sa age, the two won instantly hit it off when they first chatted on Mom’s Forum. They quickly added each other on WhatsApp, often shared pictures of their children on their WhatsApp Status, and eventually decided to et in person. After many back-and-forth visits, they beca close friends.
Another year of spring blossoms arrived, and the three-and-a-half-year-old Triplets and Pippin were of the age to attend preschool. Ruby Gregory and Emily Gregory decided to et on a sunny afternoon at Inassey to buy backpacks for the five little ones about to start preschool.
After picking out backpacks, Emily Gregory and Ruby strolled through the won’s clothing section. Passing a store, Emily suddenly rembered sothing and said to Ruby, “Whenever I see this shop, I rember how I once took a 20-unit bank card and completely cleared out the store, taking every piece of clothing ho with .”
Ruby couldn’t help but laugh, “What was your husband’s reaction?”
Emily casually picked up a garnt and sized it up in front of her, “He called unambitious and said if I was going to charge anything, I should bring ho an entire mall’s worth.”
Ruby remarked, “Your husband is really quite good to you.”
Emily just smiled and didn’t respond.
Perhaps influenced by Emily, Ruby suddenly beca curious about how Steve Burton would react if she maxed out the card he had given her.
After pondering for a while, Ruby decided to simply have all the clothes she liked packed up, regardless of their price, then left the delivery address and handed over the bank card Steve had given her to pay.
Inassey lived up to its na; the street was indeed ten miles long, consisting entirely of comrcial establishnts, most of which were high-end. A single small item here could be priced with seven digits.
So, by simply following Emily around a few departnt stores, Ruby had already spent over half of the deposit in the card Steve had given her.
Her card was linked to Steve’s, so whenever she made a purchase, not only would she receive a text ssage, but a copy would also be sent to Steve’s phone.
As Ruby charged her purchases, she wondered, to what extent would she have to spend before Steve called to ask what on earth she was doing?
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At that mont, Steve Burton was in a major eting at the top floor of Pristine’s Corporation. Every so often, his phone, tucked in his pocket, would vibrate. Each ti he took it out, it was a spending alert for the card he had given to Ruby.
After checking his phone, Steve would continue listening to the eting uninterrupted, occasionally glancing at the remaining balance when the phone vibrated.
When only twenty percent of the funds were left, Steve pondered briefly, then turned his head and quietly instructed his secretary, Ms. Taylor, who nodded slightly and quietly left the eting room.
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