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."

not a bad person. I'm your family. Look at

video of herself and Alina celebrating a birthday years

moment, but she

instinctively grabbed her arm. "You're the child in those pictures. Your real name is Alina, and the woman in the photos is your

"Ah! A bad person is trying

eyes turned

high-power pepper spray and unleashed it

their phones and cameras, clutching their

putting away her spray, strode through the crowd and reached Paityn in seconds. She slapped the sunhat off Paityn's head, grabbed her by the hair, and 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

here. If I catch you bothering my child again, I'll make sure you end up By then, teachers and security staff from the

idiot." Then she pushed through the crowd and loudly announced, "She's Josie's mother. She's here to reconnect

"She's not my mom! This woman is a bad person,

her mother and try to kidnap a child? You look decent enough,

accusations felt like a knife to Paityn's heart. She could

I'm your mom. I'm your reat mother. Don't you remember? You used to say that I was the best and

face up close, Josie screamed louder, pressing her small hands against Paityn's face and

with all her might. "You're not my mom!

arms and shielding her face from the cameras. "Ms.