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."

your family.

and Alina celebrating a birthday

but she quickly lost interest and shook her head. "That's not me. I have never taken photos

in those pictures. Your real name is Alina, and the woman

screamed, "Ah! A bad

all eyes turned toward Josie and

commotion, swiftly pulled out her custom-made, high-power pepper spray and unleashed it on the people blocking her

their eyes and noses in pain as tears streamed

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

let go of Paityn's hair and said, "Get out of here. If I catch you bothering my child again, I'll make sure you end up

the crowd and loudly announced, "She's Josie's mother. She's here to reconnect

Paityn and screamed, "She's not my

and they began shouting at Paityn, How dare you pretend to be her mother and try to kidnap a child? You look

to Paityn's heart. She could barely breathe from the

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

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

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

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