Shattered Girl (Emmy)

Chapter 71

Earlier that night, the middle-aged couple were startled by a knock on their door around midnight

It was Linda and Lily's father, Stephen Ross, who went to answer the door, annoyed that his sleep was disrupted.

Upon seeing their eldest daughter, he furrowed his brow, still groggy from sleep. "Lily, why aren't you sleeping?" he asked, sounding annoyed

Everyone was eager to rest before the big day, and the unexpected visit was unwelcome.

However, Lily was determined to carry out her plan

"Dad, Linda is unconscious, and she won't wake up for another twenty-four hours. Even then, she won't remember anything." Lily revealed, feigning concern, but her father sensed something was amiss. This news was troubling, and he was not prepared for it.

What are you talking about!" he asked, now fully awake and alarmed by the information. "Today is her wedding day. Do you want with the Legends!"

int to cause trouble

was considered a Legend due to his sister, making it easier to refer to him in that manner.

Oliver w

Despite her father's concerns, Lily remained resolute in her intentions.

"Dad, I didn't do anything. I just found out that she and her best friend were drugged," she lied, but her parents saw through her deception.

"Lily, please tell us the truth," her mother, who had joined the conversation, urged. Her beauty sleep was equally destroyed.

Though she continued to lie, Lily couldn't shake the sadness in her heart knowing her parents didn't believe her.

prodigal daughter

"You don't believe me?"

aback by

to bed. You told

then, unaware that her elder

supposed to go on a blind date with Oliver, so I

fear. If things spiraled out

1. h. You

know who

warned sternly, but Lily remained resolute, showing no signs of remorse. "No, I won't. Oliver was supposed to be mine, and he doesn't even know I exist because your selfish daughter never

wedding, so what will you do about it? If you tell Oliver the truth, you'll be in trouble too, she threatened, leaving her father deeply disappointed by what his elder daughter had done to the younger. His wife countered, "I won't be in trouble. The wedding can be postponed for your sister

was upset that her

wouldn't take her side and decided

loves her and wouldn't

this? Okay. If

Oliver, you'll never see

was relieved to have already sent Linda's unconscious body away; otherwise, her parents might not have sided with her and

gave in to Lily's

Oliver to notice the difference

They were un

also fearful, as Lily had threatened that Linda would be

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father, Stephen, inquired, while Oliver's voice was firm. "That woman I married isn't Linda, so where is she?" he demanded, causing both parents to

where Linda was being held and had to comply with Lily's demands. "What are you talking about? That

knew where her daughter was, she would