"It's settled then. You'll stay here for three days!" Selina told Sabrina.
But Sabrina didn't want to.
She wanted to refuse, but then thought about what her father told her before she left that morning. She decided to keep quiet.
Her father said that she had to do as her mother told her.
Sabrina was afraid of her father.
Selina gave Aimeen a stack of money.
She told Aimeen, "Madam, my daughter will stay here for the next three days. This is for your living expenses."
Aimeen's eyes opened wide when she saw the stack of money.
Yesseca had already given her money for this, but now this woman was giving her even more.
She felt like she was floating on air.
But she had to keep up the act and said, "No, I couldn't possibly take all of this. This is too much."
But Selina insisted. "Please, keep it."
She gave her a lot of money, because she felt bad for her."
Aimeen pocketed the money.
After talking for a bit, Selina left.
She left so quickly because of a few reasons. One, she felt very uncomfortable being in that house.
The second was that if she hung around, Sabrina would eventually start complaining to her.
Before she left, Yesseca asked where Dory was.
"She's gone to visit a friend." Aimeen replied.
But the truth was, she had sent her to work.
She decided not to bring her along because of Yesseca. She was worried that Dory might tell them that this wasn't where they actually lived.
Yesseca believed her.
It was normal for children to play with their friends after all.
Yesseca and Selina got into the car and were about to leave.
Seeing that Selina was actually going to leave, Sabrina shouted, "Mommy, you can't seriously be leaving me here!"
Selina stopped and turned around.
"This place is garbage! A garbage dump!"
Aimeen ignored Sabrina's outburst.
This wasn't her real home anyway.
Aimeen was happily counting the money she had in her pocket until Sabrina told her she was hungry.
She told Aimeen to bring her some food.
Aimeen ordered some food for her.
Now that she had so much money, she ordered a whole feast of food for her.
But Sabrina didn't even look at the food.
"What is this?! Disgusting!" Sabrina tossed the food aside and threw some at Aimeen.
Aimeen was furious.
"You little brat!"
She was the same age as Dory! How dare she treat her this way!
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