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.”

Belinda she remembered would never have retaliated against Kylee

a nod and responded, “Yes, I’ve changed. And honestly, I’m okay with the person I’ve become. I’m not letting anyone push

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

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

not once implied that Belinda had deliberately

she said, “And yet, you ended up deliberately pouring the

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it intentionally, I thought, ‘Why not fulfill their expectations?’ If they were determined to see it that

and said, “You know, your fiery spirit reminds

lips together before replying directly, “Carola, I’m going to be straight with you. I’m

paused, her resolve deepening as she continued, “I don’t apologize for things I didn’t do, and for the things I think I

expression was somewhat resigned. After a brief silence, she said, “Let’s just have our

was dropped and did not

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