"D-Did you guys fight?" Jodie asked.

Wilfred's facial expression changed instantly. His eyes brimmed with love for his daughter, and his voice softened. "Ah, no! I'm discussing work with your mother, and we have a disagreement. She accidentally broke the vase. I-I'm looking for a band-aid for her!"

Jodie nodded obediently.

"Alright, Jojo," Wilfred said with a smile. "I'm going to the office. Can you take care of her?"

"Sure."

As he left, he turned his head to give Delilah a warning glance.

The smirk on her face bordered on a scoff.

a touching

pampered since childhood, was not his biological

raced as she approached Delilah, concerned about the situation. She asked carefully,

calling mom?!" Delilah

and her head spun from the force of the slap. She staggered, almost falling to the

and she tasted blood at the corner of

"Mom—"

calling me that!" Delilah vented her rage on Jodie, slapping her, pulling her hair, grabbing her collar, and throwing her against

a young age that the louder she cried after being hit, the more cruel

around her head and

was secretly angry but did not show it, forcing a smile. "I was wrong. I deserve this,

she calmed down and frowned when she saw Jodie's swollen

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