Chapter 54

• Speaking of Laura, most folks in this city looked down on her. The primary reason was that her ascent wasn't respectable back then-going from a secretary to a wealthy elite's wife. This was something that all upper-class ladies deeply abhorred.
• Moreover, there was a complicated history between her and Mrs. Poppy Gray.
• Back when Laura had ambitions to marry into wealth, she was just a secretary under Mr. Barney Gray. In order to rise in status, she employed various tactics, even going to the extent of secretly administering drugs.