Chapter 97

Stephanie had originally planned to take a nap, but the studio kept calling one after another.

She couldn’t just mute her phone in the middle of the day.

After she answered Jennifer’s call, an unknown number came through, Catlin.

The moment Stephanie picked up, Catlin’s choked sobs filled the line. “Stefi, I’m begging you, please… just this once. Let Allison and Macro go to the hospital to treat Olivia, okay?”

Stephanie froze for a second.

“If there’s anyone to blame, it’s me! It’s all my fault! Please, don’t hate Olivia… I just wanted to teach you properly, but you were so stubborn, so…” Catlin’s voice cracked, and she couldn’t even finish her sentence in her desperation.

Stephanie’s voice was eerily calm. “You think I was stubborn? I was the difficult one?”

“I…” Catlin stammered, suddenly struggling to continue. It was obvious Catlin had wanted to say worse things, but right now, she needed Allison and Macro’s help.

At the end of the day, this was all still for Olivia. She was willing to swallow everything, as long as it was for Olivia.

Stephanie’s tone remained razor–sharp. “Mrs. Hart, when you found me, I spent two months in the hospital. After that, I lived in the Hart residence for less than a month.

events. So tell me? How

precise, each one cutting through

a moment, she was completely speechless. Because she didn’t

first time

trying to

because Olivia cut her wrist. Do you remember what she said to

Catlin’s breath hitched.

told you, ‘It has nothing to do with Stefi. Don’t blame her. And what did you do next? You immediately lashed out

after all these years, hearing Stephanie lay out

Stephanie’s mouth, Catlin felt something was off and something suffocating.

tone devoid of any warmth, “Did you see me

breathing stilled. She

especially now, completely devoid of warmth. “You didn’t see me push her. You had no proof that I was responsible for her injury. So why were

first time, Catlin found

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at all.

that, did Olivia tell you, ‘It wasn’t Stefi’s fault; it was mine?” Stephanie asked. “Do you remember

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