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."

I'm your family. Look at these photos and videos. They're of us

and Alina celebrating

she

arm. "You're the child in those pictures. Your real name

screamed, "Ah! A bad person is trying to take a child!

turned toward

her custom-made, high-power pepper spray and unleashed

and cameras, clutching their eyes and noses in pain

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,

didn't want to make a scène. So, she let go of Paityn's hair and said, "Get out of here. If I catch you bothering

the crowd, Saanvi cursed under her breath. "Useless idiot." Then she pushed through the crowd and loudly announced, "She's Josie's mother. She's

at Paityn and screamed, "She's not my

dare you pretend to be her mother and

accusations felt like a knife to Paityn's heart. She could barely breathe from the

face, Paityn took off her sunglasses and lunged forward to embrace Josie, sobbing, Alina, I'm your mom. I'm your reat

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

"You're not my mom! You're

shielding her face from the cameras. "Ms. Shepard, watch your words. This is not the place for your outbursts. Josie,