You Looked Down on Me Once Now You Look Up (Patricia and Oliver) novel Chapter 413

Tina never imagined she’d bump into Patricia here of all places.

She stopped in her tracks, completely thrown off. Running into Patricia was whatever, but seeing Chelsea with her? That was just bad luck.

Chelsea was notorious for her sharp tongue. She never cared who was around or where she was—she’d say whatever came to mind, no filter at all. Tina was already trying to figure out how to steer clear.

Then she heard Chelsea’s voice, loud and mocking. “Well, if it isn’t Mrs. Martin. Out enjoying yourself on your brother and sister-in-law’s dime again?”

“Life’s really treating you well, huh?”

Tina’s anger flared, her temples pulsing. She told herself not to stoop to Chelsea’s level and tried to walk past.

But Chelsea stepped right in front of her, blocking the way. “Don’t go! Come on, I even called you the housekeeper—can’t we chat for a bit?”

“Why are you dodging me like I’m some kind of monster? I’m not that scary, am I? The way you keep ducking me, you’re going to hurt my feelings.”

Tina shot a look at Patricia. “Patricia, aren’t you going to do something about your friend?”

Patricia just looked away, pretending not to notice.

Chelsea sneered. “She couldn’t control me if she tried. If she could, would you have gotten away with stealing her parents’ inheritance? Tina, you had the guts to take it but not to own up to it?”

“And now you want to act all proper? Isn’t it a little late for that?”

Chelsea leaned in, her face just inches from Tina’s, and whispered, “You better watch yourself. Otherwise... someone’s going to make you pay.”

“Ma’am?”

Tina’s driver had brought her to the club, thinking he’d catch a quick nap in the car. He’d just leaned his seat back when Tina stormed in, fuming.

He snapped up, startled.

But Tina was too worked up to wait. That afternoon, she found an excuse to invite Mrs. Ross out for tea.

Mrs. Ross was well-connected. She hadn’t gone to college but used to work before her husband hit it big, and now she was a full-time lady of leisure. She had three sons and a daughter—the oldest about Ruby’s age, the youngest still in grade school.

Maybe because she still had young kids, Mrs. Ross was friendly with all the other moms in the neighborhood.

As soon as Tina brought up the Newtons, Mrs. Ross’s eyes lit up and she launched right in.

“Everyone’s saying the Newtons’ bad luck lately is because there’s something wrong with their family grave. Apparently Mr. Newton even brought in a feng shui guy to check it out, and guess what they found?”

Tina played along. “What?”

“The grave of the father was completely empty. Nothing left at all. And it’s been like that for years. Now they’re demanding answers from the cemetery but the management has nothing to say. Mr. Newton was so angry he’s suing them.”

“And of course, everyone’s gossiping that it’s the work of their ex-daughter-in-law, your niece. But no one knows when she did it. No proof, no explanation. It’s all pretty creepy.”