She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 346

Paityn was desperate to rush over, hug Josie, kiss her face, and tell her, "I'm your mother."

Sitting beside her, Saanvi said, "Athena's surrounded. You can get out now."

Paityn, wearing a sunhat and mask, opened the car door and looked toward Athena, who was about 100 feet away.

Athena and Maria had just gotten out of their car when a group of people rushed towards them, pointing cameras, camcorders, and phones at them, shouting loudly, "You're Zayn's sisters, right? We heard Zayn's relationship with the family isn't good. Is that true?" "We heard Zayn had a big fight with the family over who controls the earnings from his work. Is there any truth to that?"

"I have a gift for Zayn. Could you deliver it to him?"

The commotion quickly drew attention from the crowd, who began to gather and watch.

Taking advantage of the distraction, Paityn got out of the car and hurried over to Josie. She squatted down, showing Josie printed photos. "Josie, these are pictures of you before you were three years old. Do you remember any of them?"

Not wanting to scare her, Paityn refrained from saying she was her mother and instead tried to spark Josie's memory.

Josie didn't recognize her and stepped back warily. "Don't come any closer to Josie. This is a school. If you try to take me away, I'll scream for help."

family. Look at these

played a video of herself and Alina celebrating a birthday years

photos and video with curiosity for a moment, but she quickly lost interest and shook her head. "That's not me. I have never

her arm. "You're the child in those pictures. Your real name is Alina, and the

could finish, Josie screamed, "Ah! A bad person is trying to

turned toward Josie

out her custom-made, high-power pepper spray and unleashed it on the

cameras, clutching their eyes and noses in pain as tears streamed down

angrily demanded, "How dare you try to abduct a child in broad daylight? Do you even care about the law?" Shocked, Paityn stammered while covering her face, "I... I wasn't kidnapping Josie! I came to reunite with

"Get out of here. If I catch you bothering my child again, I'll make sure you end up By then, teachers and security

she pushed through the crowd and loudly announced, "She's Josie's mother. She's here to reconnect with her. No one has the right to send her away."

could say anything, Josie pointed at Paityn and screamed, "She's not my mom! This woman is a bad person, a kidnapper! The police

to be her mother and try to kidnap a child? You look decent enough, but you're evil!" "Let's take her to the

to Paityn's heart. She could barely breathe

to embrace Josie, sobbing, Alina, I'm your mom. I'm your reat mother. Don't you remember? You used to say that I was the best and that you loved

her small hands against Paityn's

might. "You're not my

face from the cameras. "Ms. Shepard, watch your