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.

home, always out at social events. So tell me? How exactly

cold and precise, each one cutting through the air

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

you remember the first time you gave me trouble?

frowned, trying to

Do you remember

Catlin’s breath hitched.

has nothing to do with Stefi. Don’t blame her. And what did you do next?

Stephanie lay out the details so clearly

them from Stephanie’s mouth, Catlin felt something was off and something

devoid of any warmth, “Did you see me

stilled.

her. You had no proof that I was

Catlin found herself questioning

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really hadn’t seen Stephanie push Olivia. She had no proof at all. But back then,

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

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