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."

a bad person. I'm your family. Look at these photos and videos.

herself and Alina celebrating a birthday years

and video with curiosity for a moment, but she quickly lost interest and shook her head. "That's not me. I have

instinctively grabbed her arm. "You're the child in those pictures. Your real

bad

turned

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

phones and cameras, clutching their eyes and noses in pain as

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

out of here. If I catch you bothering my child again, I'll make

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

"She's not my

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

Paityn's heart. She could barely breathe from the

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

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

me!" with all her might. "You're not my mom! You're a bad woman. I hate

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