“Yes! It does!" cried Erica. She hadn't expected that her relationship with Matthew would turn out to be so dramatic either.

Her thoughts wandered again, and she touched the ear studs Matthew had given her. Part of her wanted to return them to him, but another part did not.

She didn't know if it was because she liked them too much or because she just loved money, considering how expensive they were.

Rhea broke the silence.

“Listen, you need to get to the bottom of this.

If Tessie is still alive, you need to ask her face to face what really happened." If Tessie was still alive, it meant that they had all been deceived by her.

Rhea didn't want to believe that her good friend would treat them Like this.

“That's why I'm calling you," Erica explained, coming back to herself.

"Do you know the Campbell family's address?" Naturally, she had to verify Phoebe's words. She couldn't trust her so easily.

“No, sorry," Rhea replied.

"You know that Tessie never dared to take her friends to the Campbell family's house.”

Erica had known that, actually. Tessie was not loved in the Campbell family. They had visited Tessie in Alorith once or twice, but every time they stayed in a hotel. There had always been a distance between her and all of her relatives.

"I think Julianna knows the address," Erica said, thinking out Loud.

“Her home is also in Alorith."

There was a problem, though: she hadn't spoken with Julianna in a Long time. They'd had a falling-out some years ago, over a hooligan that

Julianna had been involved with.

Early on, Erica had been able to see that the guy Julianna was seeing was a punk. Repeatedly, Erica had tried to convince her friend to break things off with him. But Julianna hadn't listened, and after they'd had one too many arguments over it, she and Erica fell out.

Later, Tam moved back to Alorith because of his career, taking Julianna with him, and the two women hadn't seen each other since.

Still on the phone with her friend Rhea, Erica thought back on those old wounds until it twisted her stomach into a knot. Finally she said,

“Forget it. I'll just ask for my brother's help!" Gifford was good at locating people, just as much as Wesley.

But Rhea suggested, "Why don't you just ask your husband for help? It will be quicker that way."

“No, Phoebe is still in his office," said Erica quickly.

“I guess he is busy comforting her. I'd better not disturb them." The more she thought about it, the more wretched she felt. Here she was, stuck in a marriage that, more often than not, seemed loveless. Yet in some ways this man actually was very good to her. Not to mention, he was a source of financial stability, so Erica was reluctant to leave him.

She was a bit startled by what Rhea said next.

"What nonsense! Have you forgotten you're the Legal wife here? Why are you acting Like you're the mistress? Stand up for yourself! You should go back to that office right now and kick Phoebe out of it. No matter how good their relationship was before, he is your husband-not hers! There's no reason at all for you to be accommodating yourself to them."