From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 530

Watching as Daniel was dragged away, Karen was still fuming, though she tried to reassure herself. "I'm not upset, I'm not upset at all! Getting mad just gives you wrinkles."

The commotion downstairs caught Adah's attention, and she came down from upstairs. "Mom, what happened?"

Karen's barely-suppressed anger flared back up at once. "It's that boy from the Robinson family! I can't believe the nerve-he actually dared to talk badly about my granddaughter-in-law!"

"What happened?" Adah asked, curiosity piqued.

Karen recounted the whole incident, and by the time she finished, Adah was fuming too. "What's gotten into Daniel? He used to be such a polite kid!"

"He's lost his mind, that's what! I swear, the Robinsons are going to fall apart with him in charge. And to think our Sherman has always treated him so well!" Karen grumbled as she started taking off her costume. "That's it! I'm going to see my granddaughter-in-law. I can't let that brat go around spreading nonsense about

her!"

"I'll come with you," Adah said, getting up.

Karen waved her off. "No need, I'll go by myself. Just have someone keep an eye on that little troublemaker!"

"Alright!" Adah nodded.

room to change before heading out-she'd gotten into the habit of putting on fresh clothes whenever she

"Claud, pull over! I want

don't you wait in

insisted. If she was buying fruit for her granddaughter-in-law, she

got out and headed into the store. She didn't just buy mangosteen-she picked up some lychees and a whole selection of Anthea's

full

Thud-

scattering across the ground, and Karen herself was

shrill voice cut through the air. "Watch where you're going, you old hag!

someone and

up and saw

Rebecca.

Rebecca would never have set foot in a grocery store herself, but times had changed her family had fallen on hard times and there were no

And now, running into this clueless old woman? The perfect target for

bump into me, then act all high and mighty? Trashy woman!" Karen

Karen's family had fallen from grace. The Christensens were no longer

hag!" Rebecca shot back, her face twisted with