Blair actually wasn't crazy about Matthew and Erica getting married, either. But Erica did have a kid out of wedlock, and her reputation was ruined. An arranged marriage would ensure she had a good life. Blair was thankful anyone was willing to marry Erica, Let alone Matthew. She could do worse—the man was handsome and loaded.
Wesley looked at Blair with a faint smile.
“Well, I know Matthew has fallen for someone. And I can even tell you who she is."
“Okay...who?" Blair asked curiously.
“I'LL tell you later. I need to make sure first."
Blair rolled her eyes at him.
“You did that deliberately. You always like to appear mysterious."
Wesley just smiled without saying anything.
He still remembered when Matthew visited them Long ago, Erica was still a little kid then, covered in mud like-well, a little kid. Then she barreled into Matthew and stained his white shirt.
Blair asked Erica to buy a new shirt for Matthew.
Erica left the house with the ten thousand Blair had given her.
But she stopped off at the farmer's market. When she saw another shirt there, she snatched it up, not realizing it was not up to par.
It was cheap, so she took the rest of the money and bought snacks and a piggy bank.
She put the remaining money into the iron piggy bank and buried it under a tree in the yard.
Wesley knew Erica would somehow screw this up, so he checked all the surveillance videos from the cameras along her path. It was not until then that he realized that she bought a shirt for 30 dollars for
Matthew and wrapped it in a package worth 20. The shirt was not worth
8999 dollars like she claimed.
Noticing that there was a mini-garden under the willow tree where the piggy bank was buried, Wesley thought it was so obvious and silly, as if Erica was testing his intelligence.
He pulled out the vegetables and dug, and soon the piggy bank was exposed. Then, he went off looking for Erica.
When he found her, the girl was playing with Yvette on the slope behind the villa.
Erica had a smug look on her face as she stood on the slope with her hands on her hips, and then she burst into laughter. She said something, but it was lost to the wind.
When Wesley was about to drag the girl back home and teach her a lesson, he saw Matthew standing nearby, pointing the camera on his phone at Erica.
If he was right, Matthew had snapped a pic of Erica in secret.
Thanks to Debbie, Erica was able to escape her father's discipline. She was out of the house for three days.
Wesley knew where she was hiding, but Matthew pleaded on her behalf before he left.