From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 242

Are you for real?” Felton asked, his eyes wide as he stared at Elaine.

Elaine chuckled, “Of course, I am! Why would I lie to you? I mean, Carole, bless her heart, but she’s forgotten where she came from. Ever since she struck gold, she’s turned her back on us, her own family! I might let it slide, but how could she forget you and Dad? You are her flesh and blood after all!”

In this world, there’s no parent who doesn’t get under their kid’s skin at some point.

No matter what had happened before, nothing could change the fact that Felton and Gemma were Carole’s biological parents.

Blood is thicker than water, that means Carole had a duty to support them!

Gemma was fuming on the side, cursing up a storm.

Elaine tried to calm her down, “Mom, why are you getting so worked up over your own daughter? No matter what, you and Dad are her parents. Carole’s still single. She is always a Yeager. Isn’t everything she owns rightfully yours? Carole’s just a woman with a limited education, dragging around a kid she’s got no time to run a diner. What if she runs it into the ground?”

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Pausing for effect, Elaine continued, “If you ask me, we should let Saul take over the diner. Saul and his wife, they’re educated folks. Educated people know business better than someone who’s practically blind! It just makes sense!”

Yeager was the shining star of the Yeager family. He was the heir apparent.

Yeager’s Delicacies was the

any schooling to speak of. How could she

been sheer luck

After all, it was

eagerly, “You’re right, Elaine! Saul should definitely take over. He can run the diner, and Vanessa, the accountant, can handle the books!”

for Carole. She could cool her heels elsewhere.

at least fifty million in her hands. What’s a woman gonna do with all that cash? If she gets swindled, it’ll be a total loss. Just leave

just too trusting. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been conned so badly in

worried about leaving those

daughter, after all. Without her

to her! All of it!

was hers! The diner was hers!

it all

frowned, sensing complications. After all, Carole had cut ties with them, “What if she

dare! I’m her mother!” Gemma exclaimed angrily. “If she doesn’t give it up, I’ll… I’ll set her

her parents, and Saul is her brother. Who else would she give everything to if not her own family? Surely