From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 247

“Shut your mouth, you old hag” Anthea cursed

For years, Gemma had been the one dishing out insults, targeting whoever she fancied without a hint of pushback. But today the tables

had turned

With a fire in her belly, Gemma leaped up. “You little tramp! Bastard child! Why don’t you just drop dead…” In her fury, she shoved Anthea hard.

Anthea, however, didn’t dodge. She didn’t retaliate. She simply let Gemma’s push alam her against the wall, careful to control the impact.

was neither too soft nor too hard, just enough to draw blood from her forehead.

Anthea’s skin was pale, so any injury stood out starkly. Now she looked positively ghastly

“Anniel” Carole rushed over and enveloped Anthea in her arms

“Mom! It hurts so much!” Anthea clung to Carole, unleashing her inner drama queen, as she started to whimper

Nobody had anticipated this chaotic tum of events.

“It’s just a small cut! It’s not like she’s gonna diel” Gemma glared at Anthea with contempt. “You little bastard! I bet you did this on purpose!”

Just a moment ago, Anthea was swinging those feather dusters with such force, how was it that she had suddenly become so frail?

“My daughter is not a bastard! She is not!” Carole couldn’t hold back any longer, and she roared, “Get out! All of you, get out of here

now

won’t leave Gemma rolled

in. For all her rage, Carole was probably already figuring out how to

money.

helped Anthea to the sola and made a beeline for

she returned, a butcher knife was gripped firmly in

and Vanessa were taken aback in shock

Murder is a crime! I’m your brother, she’s your sister–in–law, and they are your parents!” Saul

with her.

o reason

members, “You’re not my brother! I have no brother! And as for them, they don’t desenj to be my parents! They say that if you raise a child without care, you owe them nothing. Today,

and brought

segment of her finger

fell into a haunting silence.

aback by her mother’s

Carole would

rushed to her side.

her face ashen, locked eyes with Gemma, Felton, Saul, and Vanessa, “From this day forward, I am Carole and nothing more to you people! If you dare disturb me and my daughter again, for every one of you that comes, one will fall at my

into the wooden dining table, where the bloody finger lay beside it,

resolve.

and the others trembled with fear.

for some money. They never expected things to