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. Look

of herself and Alina celebrating a birthday years

video with curiosity for a moment, but she quickly lost interest

pictures. Your real name

A bad person is trying to take a

turned toward Josie

pulled out her custom-made, high-power pepper spray

in agony, dropping their phones and cameras, clutching their eyes and noses in pain

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...

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 By then, teachers and security staff from the school had arrived, and one of them sternly said, "No way. This woman scared the child. She must be taken to the police for

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

at Paityn, How dare you pretend to be her mother and try to kidnap a child? You look decent enough,

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

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

her small

my mom!

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