Special Assistant Ford and the others were taken aback. It was common for stores to take kickbacks, but that didn't mean it couldn't be investigated if someone insisted.
Especially since the one who spoke up was with Arabella Donovan. Did this indirectly represent Miss Donovan's intentions?
"I understand. Rest assured, Miss Donovan, we will investigate this matter thoroughly."
Arabella Donovan: "???" 'What did I say? How did you understand anything from that?!'
Beatrice Donovan glanced at Special Assistant Ford, who believed he'd grasped Arabella Donovan's true intentions, and then at the utterly bewildered Arabella, who had no idea how the matter had been so inexplicably resolved. She couldn't help but stifle a laugh.
As they left the jewelry store, Arabella Donovan finally had a moment to notice the two female customers who had spoken up for her, one of whom was an old classmate of her elder cousin.
