The Lady Nun Seeks Justice (Eliza Stonor) novel Chapter 473

It was a total of 3,500 dollars. Since Sophie had returned to the Duke’s estate, everything she had purchased had been more expensive than this amount.

Yet, it was this small sum of money that had her soaking in the freezing stream for half the night. It wasn’t until the very moment before dawn that she finally found the last coin buried in the mud at the bottom of the stream. She then struggled to climb onto the shore, too exhausted to even cry.

“Th–the last one string, can I go back now?” Sophie asked weakly,

Eliza finally rose to her feet after having tormented Sophie enough, and with a faint smile, she said, “Of course, you can go back.”

As soon as Eliza spoke, Sophie could no longer hold herself up. Her body, already frozen stiff, wavered slightly before she collapsed into the shallow water by the shore.

Until the second before she passed out, Sophie was still thinking that she never wanted to see those damn coins again in her life.

Eliza looked at the unconscious woman with cold eyes. “Take her back to the Marquis’s estate. Just make sure she doesn’t die on the way,” she instructed.

Eliza still needed Sophie to use her to reclaim the Padilla family inheritance that was still in Gabriel’s hands. Otherwise, she would have had Renee drown Sophie in the water right then and there.

Of course, drowning her outright would have been too merciful. So, Eliza planned to squeeze every last bit of usefulness out of Sophie before she killed her.

Sophie was quickly taken away. But Eliza did not return immediately. Instead, she turned and walked to the front of the little