Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

247 I can't marry twice [FLASHBACK]

The sound of a vase shattering on the floor rang sharply, causing everyone who heard it to panic. Penny jumped in surprise, taking a step back, only to wince when she accidentally stepped on a shard of the

vase.

"Ouch..." Penny bit her lip and squatted down to remove the shard from her foot. "Ahh..."

She pursed her lips, holding back her tears. It was just a small wound, so she feared the elders. would think she was overreacting if she teared up. She had learned her lesson. "Oh, no..."

Her attention was drawn to a meek voice nearby. When Penny looked up, her eyes landed on a young girl about her age.

This girl had been teasing Penny moments ago. But since Penny chose to stay quiet and let it go, the girl tried something else to get a reaction from her, ultimately tipping the vase off its stand. "Sophia..." Penny called out. "Are you hurt?"

Sophia Bennet, age 14, turned her shaky eyes to Penny. Despite her bleeding foot, Penny tiptoed. toward Sophia to see if she was hurt. The boy with them held his breath, shocked at what had happened. "Oh, my god! What happened here?!"

Before Penny could reach Sophia, the latter pushed her away slightly. "Mom!"

"Sophia!" a middle-aged woman gasped, watching her daughter run towards her. "Sophia, be careful!"

When Sophia reached her mother, she hugged her out of fear.

"Sophia, are you hurt? What happened?" the woman asked worriedly, her eyes scanning her daughter.

up,

a finger. "She was

rest of the family arrived

truth, but she could see the displeasure on everyone's faces, as they

blood on Penny's foot, her motherly

her daughter's shoulders, looking at her up

I can't marry

is bleeding. Let's

harrumphed upon seeing this. "What are you doing right now?!" Allison's breath

chest, but in her mind, this was yet another opportunity

who needs help when she's the troublemaker who broke a vase

at

bad accusations from her in-laws. But after many incidents involving Penny and

Penny is your child doesn't mean you have to keep defending her!" an elderly woman, Charles' mother, shouted in frustration. "That brat was raised in a poor and ill-mannered family, so it's no surprise she has a bad

this family for so long, yet

mother added. "If you keep siding with her

you're simply enabling bad

quiet. Fighting her in-laws would never end well for her. "What's going on here?" Suddenly, Charles arrived with the men of the family. His eyes darted back and

been a normal occurrence whenever Penny was in the old residence. Although her parents would side with her publicly, they would discipline her at home. Initially, Allison and Charles believed her, but with