Chapter 3 Seeing Her Enemies Again

If the old Calista heard that she was making the Fairchilds unhappy, she would have chosen to remain

silent.

But now she knew that if she did not explain herself in front of everyone right now, who knew what terrible rumors would spread tomorrow!

Calista looked at the guests and laughed hollowly even though she could feel her body weakening.

“I’m upset too! The Fairchild family is having a party and yet someone is trying to murder me! I’ve just narrowly escaped death, but you’re accusing me of debauchery. Such care and concern you have for me, my lovely sister!”

Quincy was unable to respond to this. The word ‘murder’ sent another uproar through the guests.

They were all people of high status and feared for their lives too. If not for the fact they trusted the Fairchilds and were bound by social rules, they would have started running in a panic by now!

Benedict finally came back to his senses and rushed over to Calista, “What? Someone wants to kill you? Who?”

The elegantly dressed lady beside him merely frowned while taking a step forward and smiled, “Benedict, don’t listen to Callie babble on. She must have just gone out to have fun. This is not some lawless country and we’re in the Fairchilds house – who is so daring as to attempt to murder here?”

What she really meant to say was that Calista had gone out to have so much fun, she ended up looking like this, and then simply said someone was trying to kill her to cover

Cover up.

The moment she started speaking, Calista turned her gaze to Yelena Langley, her stepmother.

How lovely…we meet again.

when she saw the way Calista looked at her and stopped herself from saying more slanderous words. She was shocked – Calista

Fairchilds by slandering me?” Upon hearing the phrase ‘make things difficult for the Fairchilds’, Yelena panicked and quickly replied, “What are you going on about? I am merely concerned about you! I’m so afraid that you’re only interested in

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stepmother, and her stepmother’s cruelty to her had traumatized her psychologically. And so even after she had grown up and became more capable, she still did not dare

for your

back down at

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standing all wet and dirty in the cold of early spring, yet their

the truth about me being chased down by a murderer, and you even join my sister in slandering me..

mercy, and each word

ingrate! What nonsense are you

back at Calista and

shouted in time, “Mom!”

you remember where you are? Yelena suddenly came back to her senses indeed, this house was not a place for her to lash out like

reason this usually useless sister of hers was behaving like she was possessed or something and had become bold enough

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up her act of being the good sister, saying, “Callie! Did something agitate you? Mom didn’t mean any harm, how can you talk like

up from a dream. He saw that everyone around looked mildly amused by all this, and so he quickly cut in, “Quincy is right – Callie, why are you so rude? Apologize to your mother! Now!”

couldn’t help but

mistreated since she

“Only the babies who know how to cry will get milk to drink. She was born with a personality that was more forbearing and passive, and that was how she ended up being oppressed to death by this mother and daughter in her previous life! This time around, she wasn’t going to

either. Then when I defend myself, you want me to apologize? Am I the one who has behaved embarrassingly? If Quincy didn’t start by spouting nonsense but called the police instead, did you think I would stand here and be

of what his younger daughter and wife had said, and not

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