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“Riley’s only thirteen, she shouldn’t have to endure this!” Clayton’s face showed anger. His hand holding the wall had veins bulging.
Audrey looked at her coldly. “She shouldn’t endure it, but what about the people she schemed against? Don’t forget, Jessica is only thirteen too!”
Clayton froze under her scolding. Her expression slowly shifted from shock to disagreement.
Audrey was pissed she married Valerie, but Valerie was still his ex–wife and should be on his side. Why was she defending some stranger’s kid? “Riley’s my
niece…”
“Even if she were your own mother, criminals have to pay the price.”
Clayton looked at her in disbelief. “Audrey, what happened to you? I know you’re mad I really married Vally, but I already explained, it was a fake marriage!”
Audrey sneered, mocking, “Clayton, what happened to you? That self–righteous Mr. Patel, how did you become so confused about right and wrong, helping the bad guys?”
“You…”
“What? You’re just a pile of crap on bread. If it wasn’t for shoveling you off, the bread would still be good.”
Clayton twitched at the corner of his eye from her crude and blunt insult.
She married him because she admired him, so he couldn’t understand why he turned into something disgusting like crap and piss in her eyes now.
The arrogant man trembled with anger, mostly because his body was failing him.
Wyatt hurried over to support his brother and glared at Audrey. “You’re not even part of the Patel family anymore, so stay out of our business!”
Audrey smiled at him, showing her teeth. Her smile was bright but cold underneath, “Wyatt, you want a beating again?”
Wyatt quickly helped Clayton walk away.
Clayton felt puzzled. He had asked his brother all night why he shouldn’t mess with Audrey.
However, his brother didn’t have any dealings with Audrey, but seemed a little scared of her.
“Audrey, how can you talk to my brother like that?”
“My mouth’s on me; I say what I want.” Audrey glanced sideways at Clayton and went back to Jessica’s sid
Clayton knew Jessica’s proxy lawyer was from Samson Legal and felt a cold chill.
It wasn’t that he was less capable than them. It was a deep–rooted fear of the Samson father and son.
After stating their positions and attitudes, Gabriel left with his daughter, the lawyer got into Gabriel’s car, and Audrey got into another car.
“This fell off Riley.” Calvin handed Audrey a Bluetooth earpiece.
The earpiece was in a clear plastic bag. Audrey held the bag, sneered, “Someone is inciting Riley to commit crimes.”
Riley dragged her exhausted body back to Starise House. Before she could recover from shock, confusion, and pain, Alexa grabbed her arm and threw her
onto the sofa.
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“There’s no one else here now. Tell me clearly, what exactly happened.” Alexa turned and picked up a feather duster.
Along the way, she had been gentle and calm, but as Riley stayed silent and dodged the topic, Alexa’s temper grew fierce.
She knew it wasn’t simple, held back until they got home, then finally exploded. “Speak!”
Riley cried and recounted everything. She knew she wasn’t responsible, so she didn’t mention Valerie was on the phone the whole time.
“Jessica’s drink was definitely drugged, so why did I end up passing out? Something’s wrong here, Mom, get someone to check, there has to be a problem!” Riley shouted, her voice cracking.
She couldn’t accept that she had shot herself in the foot.
Alexa, having heard everything, was furious, her eyes wide and burning with rage.
“You brainless fool! How could you come up with such a stupid plan!” Alexa was so mad she wanted to hit her daughter but couldn’t bear it.
She clenched the feather duster and slammed it hard on the coffee table. ‘Smack!‘ Riley trembled violently.
Nearly breaking down, Riley didn’t back down. Instead, she raised her head to look Alexa in the eyes, resentful. “I did all this to get Grandpa back sooner. What did I do wrong?”
Hearing that, Alexa got even angrier. She pointed the feather duster at Riley’s nose. “Why would your grandpa’s matters be your business? You’re still a student. Your main job is to study hard!!”
“Study, study, study! You keep nagging those words every day! My second aunt asked me not to work too hard. But you? You only care about your own face and never really cared about my feelings!” Riley said while wiping the tears from her face.
Then she suddenly stood up and faced Alexa fearlessly.
Alexa was clearly shocked by what Riley said. She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly snapped back and asked, “When did you see Audrey? She cares about you?”
“It’s not that damn Audrey! It’s Auntie New Second!” Riley cried hysterically with tears all over her face. “Vally’s always worried I’d get hurt, always comforting and encouraging me gently, but you just keep beating and scolding me!”
Her young face twisted with anger and sadness.
Alexa’s lips turned pale with anger, and the feather duster in her hand trembled uncontrollably. “Valerie? What do you think she is? She even abuses her own kid. Why would she genuinely care about an outsider like you?
“Did you know your brother who never got born was because of her? She married into the Patel family with bad i
- ns. She has no good will.”
Riley wouldn’t listen at all. In her mind, Vally never forced her to study, didn’t mind her ordering takeout, accepted her fangirling, and even helped her – buy merch.
Valerie’s way of handling things was totally in her heart/She wished Valerie was her real mom.
“I never wanted a brother. You use that as an excuse to keep me company, but it’s really just favoring boys over girls! Good riddance, I should thank Vally for that!” Riley shouted and slammed her bedroom door hard behind her.
Alexa clutched her chest, feeling a stabbing pain. Valerie took her child away, but the pain of a daughter’s betrayal hurt even more than physical agony.
With no way to vent her fury, she turned and lashed the leather sofa hard. Whack after whack, white marks appeared on the sofa. Alexa stopped only when she was tired, then threw down the feather duster and sat down to rest.
Valerie was truly a demon. She’d bewitched Clayton to the point he couldn’t tell right from wrong, and she even fooled her own daughter into being rebellious and unfilial.
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The gate creaked, and someone came in. Alexa thought it was her husband and took a deep, wronged breath, tears threatening to fall
“Is Riley home?” Valerie’s voice suddenly sounded, and Alexa quickly swallowed back her tears. She opened her eyes, bloodshot and fired.
