She accepted the IOU, cautiously tapped on the study door, and assured him again and again that she would find a way to give the money back.

Clarence continued to stare at her with a disdainful and mocking expression in his eyes during the entire procedure. She was so full of his retaliation that she was unable to move from her bed during that period.

"Don't need to return it," Clarence remarked cynically, his mask falling away as soon as he handed her the money. “Is this not the reason you ...