"Martha, over these past eighteen years, the total worth of the gifts I've received is not a paltry sum."
"Serena, have you been brainwashed by someone again? You mustn't believe their nonsense. You're just a foster daughter now, an outsider to the Collins family. Of course they'll want to fob you off with as little money as possible."
Serena was firm. "I believe Uncle Sampson doesn't think like that."
"Was it your uncle who brainwashed you?" Martha knew she shouldn't have let Serena go out alone. She was too innocent, too susceptible to manipulation.
"Martha, I think Uncle Sampson's right. Rosemary suffered for eighteen years growing up in the Harris family. It's only natural that everyone wants to make it up to her now that she's back with her biological parents."
"You're sympathizing with her now?" Martha was frustrated. She hadn't expected Sampson to change Serena's mind so easily with just a few words.
