EPISODE FORTY-EIGHT

Samantha gritted her teeth as she gazed at her father. She could not understand what he was thinking or why he would think in such a way. All along, the plan had been to suppress Emily, and seeing her father deviating from that seemed weird to her.

"Come of it, Oscar..." Elise giggled, shaking her head. "You amuse me. And you think that loser would want to take a second look at you?" she asked.

This sounded unbelievable to Elise. Of course, all she wanted was to get the family out of its present state of penury, but she does not see the possibility of such a thing coming from Emily. All along, they have prepared her daughter, Samantha, for this, and if anyone should be married to a rich man and bring home a rich in-law, then it has to be her daughter.

"And that is what I have been thinking of, Elise. She is so daft and could be easily manipulated. All we have to do is get her to feel indebted to us for her life. She must be made aware that she owes us everything, down to the air that