Lisa looked up at her daughter then. "You don't have to worry about me, Ellen. I'm sure if you left on your own, Howie wouldn't be
able to find you. You'd be able to start a whole new life then. A woman's most precious years of her life are her twenties. You're a
big girl, Ellen. You should have a life of your own."
Ellen did not turn around, tears streaming down her face at Lisa's words. Ellen felt her heart warm from her mother's love, and
everything was worth it then.
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In fact, she knew she would be able to escape if she left on her own. Ellen could leave town, and her father would never find her
again. However, her mother would starve to death.
Ellen knew very well that Howie would not take care of Lisa, and she would be left to die if Ellen ran away. Ellen loved her mother
and would never leave on her own because of that.
"Ellen," Lisa said carefully.
"Don't worry about me, Mom. I'm fine. Everything's fine, isn't it?"
The next morning, Ellen was called to the office by the head of the museum, Madam Judy. It turned out that Madam Judy had taken
a look at the letter in the suggestion box earlier in the day and found out that a young man from Dasha was trying to get the
museum to return the bronze cauldron to Dasha.
Judy had been infuriated. Despite the fact that the cauldron was indeed from Dasha and represented Dashan culture, Migorn had
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not stolen it from Dasha. In fact, they had legally purchased it from a collector.
The cauldron had cost two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That was not too high of a price, but Wilbur's request to have the
cauldron returned would greatly affect Migorn's reputation. Thus, Madam ludy had reached out to Ellen first thing to ask what
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