Chapter 7 One More Shameless Than Another

"Benedict, say something! Now Callie has grown up and doesn't listen to me anymore. You talk to her - she was in the wrong, wasn't she?"

Benedict took a while to think before finally opening his mouth, "Callie...it was wrong of you to make a big scene. Why didn't you settle everything in private? It wouldn't have made a difference if you could told Mrs. Fairchild all these things privately, right? Now I don't know

how others will see us!"

How will they see us? They'll see right through us, thought Calista.

She felt like laughing, but her heart started pounding furiously. She had been given a second chance at life but now she had to sit with her enemies. It didn't feel good at all, and all the feelings bottling inside her were going to explode anytime. "Stop the car."

At her command, the car came to an abrupt halt, causing Yelena to suddenly lurch forward in shock. She glared at the driver, then started her tirade against Calista.

"What now, I can't even scold you when you do something wrong? It's so hard being your stepmother - after spending so many years raising you, now you've grown up and want to rebel against me?"

Saying this, she looked bitterly at Benedict, as if she were the biggest victim.

"Look at your daughter, I can't control her anymore. Normally she's already disobedient, and now she's rebelling. I've been so kind to her yet she treats me like an enemy..."

Benedict was also angered by the sudden brake earlier, and his anger was further fueled by what Yelena said, and became even more upset.

"Callie, you have been too disobedient, apologize to your mother now!"

Quincy saw that Calista's face went all white, so she decided to add fuel to the fire. "Daddy, don't be angry with Callie, maybe she couldn't control her temper because she was frightened by those bad guys." "So it's ok to take it out on family members?"

looked straight at Calista, "Callie,

Family?

used to being biased, and it

in her heart was getting stronger

best to remain calm and said, "Dad, you

heard Calista

a deaf ear to your father's words? Besides, it's so late now - what sort of proper matters could you be attending to?" Her words seemed to

its climax, and she had a

preferring to suffer in silence, cowering in fear of her stepmother. Even if she was maligned in public, she would never have dared to fight back

Yelena's voice, she only felt the fire in her heart rising and she was ready to tear

"Mrs. Stafford!"

high voice, shooting a look so

Mom, but now she had changed to calling

moments, before moving her gaze to look at

extreme difference in her behavior sent fear into the

let my sister accuse me falsely and leave the details to other people's imagination? So you'd be happier to hear that others think the Staffords' daughter was raped, and raped by

is this

her cold eyes to stare her down. Calista was never like this before, was she overly traumatized by

stunned into silence - his elder daughter had always held everything in, why was

could figure out what had happened, Calista had locked on

"Dad!"

was very cold and stiff. He looked back and saw the sadness behind the cold expression in her

biased! Quincy is your child, am I not your child too? There were people trying to kill me, and I was nearly raped! My entire body is full of cuts and bruises! Fine if you can't see any of these - Mrs. Stafford kept trying to find ways to smear my reputation, and you still think it's my fault? If other people thought that those two scumbags really defiled me, do you think our family can still walk with our

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