"Is that so? It seems I remembered wrong," Mother Sampton's tone could hardly hide her disappointment.
Bright Sampton glanced at Jane Sampson, and although he knew she wasn't telling the truth, he chose not to expose her. He thought that his sister must have her reasons for saying so, and as her younger brother, it wasn't his place to meddle.
"But how come I've heard people inside the circle saying that you used to have a good relationship with Ms. Little? Every year on her birthday, if you couldn't be there, you'd always make a call or have someone deliver a gift to her?" Julie suddenly spoke up, directly questioning Jane Sampson, "Could it be that the people inside the circle are lying?"