"This way, please." Barton gestured.
Joe conceded, "Okay. I'll negotiate with Mrs. Nichols Sr."
...
In the Nichols Mansion, Melody received the call.
"What? Marion is coming too?" she spluttered.
Marion had always been at odds with them. Then he married Debra, making the Nichols family a laughingstock.
She'd never let him set foot in her house.
"Madam, please bear with it," Joe said.
If they didn't let Marion in, the talk with Debra was out of the question.
Melody took a deep breath. "Fine! Let him in."
A little humiliation was nothing if she could regain control of the Nichols Group.
Sophie came up to pour a cup of tea for her.
"Take it easy, Madam. Anyway, Mrs. Houston is better than an outsider."
"Theda took my shares and defied me. If only I had another grandson, things wouldn't have been like this."
Melody was sitting on the sofa in the living room, with tea already served on the table.
Sophie had tears in her eyes when she saw Debra again after so long. She was happy for Debra to find her true love.
Debra smiled back at Sophie, who was the only one in the Nichols family who had cared for her.
"Please have a seat," Melody said. "Mrs. Houston, you played well at the company earlier. I was expressed."
"Surely, you didn't invite me here just to say that, right?" Debra responded.
"I have a box of treasures in your care," Melody said, straightening up. "I'm willing to exchange it for your shares."
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