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That time, on the way to the countryside.
Bawling her eyes out, Patricia reproached her mother, "Mom, look at the mess you've made! Now we're being shipped off to the boondocks!"
Xenia was already feeling low, and her daughter's reproach only made it worse.
"Patri, I can take it from others, but how could you say that to me? Who am I doing all this for, if not you?"
Patricia, at this point, had no patience to understand her mother and retorted, "I know you did it for me, but you didn't help at all. You just made things worse! Mom, we would've been better off admitting our mistakes in front of Grandpa and Grandma; maybe they would have given us another chance instead of sending us off to the countryside!"
Xenia felt a pang in her chest due to her daughter's words, "Now you're blaming me? Didn't you also fail to admit your mistake in time? And how could we have admitted it? Once admitted, it becomes something that can't be changed. You wouldn't have a chance to prove your innocence ever again!"
Patricia understood the logic, of course. She just felt that even the worst outcome would be better than being banished to the boonies! She didn't fancy the desolate countryside one bit!
Grandpa said they were to live in the countryside, but he didn't specify for how long. Would they ever be allowed back?
There were so many servants accompanying them on this trip, obviously assigned by Grandpa to keep an eye on them. Once they reached the countryside, they probably wouldn't even have the freedom to leave the mansion!
This was not the life she wanted!
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