Chapter 316

Myra, seething with rage, hurled the item she had in her hand across the room.

Kayla quickly hid her delight and stepped in to pacify her. "Mom, don't be upset. Carmen was just spouting nonsense. I'm sure that's not what Felicia meant!"

Her words seemed reassuring, but the undertone was clear-if Carmen went out of her way to say such things, wasn't it obvious Felicia had something to do with it? Maybe Felicia even orchestrated it. "That ungrateful brat! That wretched daughter!" Myra's voice trembled with fury. "What did I do to deserve a child like her?

"She's always been rebellious, always going against me. Fine. But her grandfather just passed away! At a time like this, she's not even paying her last respects but instead sends some disgraceful friend to insult me?" Her eyes reddened as she continued to rant, each word heavier with resentment.

"We treated her so well. Her grandfather treated her so well! Even in his final moments, he wanted her to inherit the family's golden needles. But that ungrateful girl couldn't even be bothered to send him off!"

Myra's voice cracked, and she spat out her words through clenched teeth.

"It's fine if she doesn't show up. She is no longer my daughter moving forward!"

Kayla kept her head lowered, saying nothing, but the subtle curl of her lips betrayed her satisfaction.

Later that afternoon, Kayla made a trip to the airport.

Arnold was leaving the

heard the details about what the Lawson family had done to Felicia. She only knew that

Arnold in the bustling airport terminal, her voice trembling as tears welled in her

her hands off, stepping back to maintain

to freeze.

he said, his voice steady and composed. "We're grown now. We can't behave

his tall figure exuding

distant now. It

looking at a

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if

she would hug him like this, whispering sweet nothings and acting as close as

country with no return date in mind, he

about us." The

ache in her chest.

to go. You'll miss me,

then looked her straight in

said slowly. "But

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