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Chapter 71 Sheila Has an Idea
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The next day, the Sterling family met around the breakfast table. Only Matthew, Abner, and Alice enjoyed the lavish breakfast, choosing several nutritious options, while Sheila just sipped a coffee with milk and Cindy barely chewed a cracker.

“Would you two please choose options that fill your bellies?” Alice scolds them as if she were the headmistress of a kindergarten, “I don’t want to learn about anyone fainting from hypoglycemia.”

“If you don’t want to learn, then don’t get involved in things that don’t concern you!” Sheila retorts rudely.

Abner purses his lips, then complains, “Oh, my, are we going to start the day with arguments? What will Cindy think of the Sterling family?”

Sheila glares at Cindy. “The correct question is: What will Cindy WRITE about the Sterling family?”

Cindy throws the cookie on the plate angrily. “Are you insinuating that I will gossip to the LCN newspaper about what happens in here?”

“I don’t think. I’m sure.” Sheila smiles evilly.

Cindy counters, “Well,
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