Bill, Vivian and the maid had never accepted or treated Maria as a part of their family. They treated her as an outcast. So it was obvious that they would not assist her.

Julie, however, had mixed feelings about Maria.

As her adoptive mother, Julie had no reason to object if Maria wished to move in with her fiance.

Besides, her marriage was a forced arrangement by the Jenkins family.

“Do you have to leave?" Julie wanted to go to Maria and ask her that question, but she just couldn't.