"It's a relief that I've never laid a hand on you, and you're safe and sound. Otherwise, guilt would haunt me for a lifetime. I'm sorry, Ella, I'm truly sorry..."
Everything she mentioned, Ella already knew, yet Ella never complained about her.
Now that Yolanda sought to mend fences, she responded cordially, "Yolanda, it's all in the past now. You don't need to apologize to me, everyone had their reasons... By the way, were these things directly requested of you by Vermes Marley?"
"No, it was the woman who pretended to be Harry North, named Emma Campbell."
Yolanda explained with a solemn look, "Regardless, they are all part of the same ploy, threatening me due to my feelings for Vermes Marley, forcing me to do their bidding… Ella, did you know that the one masquerading as Harry North was an imposter?"
"Yes, I did."
The thing that mattered to Ella now was, where on earth was the real Harry North?
