"I heard that the Presgraves have been trying to repay your mother's noble sacrifice all these years. I'm sure Old Madam Presgrave sorely regrets threatening the mayor back then; if she hadn't done that, your mother would have been spared. The young master's life is worth more than gold, but that doesn't mean your mother deserved to have hers taken away. Sadly, this world will never be fair; the rich simply buy their way out of death, and common folk like your mother would simply have to surrender to fate."
Anastasia wanted to make Riley shut up and get him to stop talking about all these. She didn't want to hear about them at all.
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