Chapter 96:

Carola stayed quiet for a lengthy period.

Breaking the silence, Belinda chuckled lightly and said, “You came here to ask me to apologize to Kylee, right?”

Carola met her gaze and replied in a calm voice, “I’m here to seek the truth.”

“The truth?” Belinda’s voice took on a bitter edge. “It’s elusive.”

Without any surveillance in the dining room and just our conflicting stories, how can the truth be definitively determined?”

Carola fell silent once more. After a moment, she exhaled softly and said, “Belinda, you seem so different now.”

she remembered would never have

acknowledged this with a nod and responded, “Yes, I’ve changed. And honestly, I’m okay with the person I’ve become. I’m

I would intentionally scald Kylee’s hand? You remember the incident three years ago—Kylee wrongly accused me of pushing her on purpose, and Dad beat me so badly that my back was left in tatters. If I had really scalded her hand on purpose, what would be in it for me? That would only make Dad think even less of me!

Baker and Holley would have been futile. Baker and Holley had never taken her side.

not once implied that Belinda

a light chuckle, she

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were convinced I did it intentionally, I thought, ‘Why not fulfill their expectations?’ If they were determined to see it that way, I might as well show them exactly that,” she said,

slightly shook her head and said, “You know, your

Carola, Belinda pressed her lips together before replying directly, “Carola, I’m going to be straight with you. I’m not

for things I didn’t do, and for the things I

somewhat resigned. After a brief silence, she

did not resurface

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