She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 361

At Donovan's Restaurant, Arthur finally arrived, greeting everyone with a warm and sincere smile. "Hey, guys, you're all here!

"Mom was thrilled to hear you came, but she's been overworked lately. She fainted last night and is still in the hospital. We're keeping her company and have put our phones on silent, so it was inconvenient to answer calls," he explained. "Plus, since you changed your numbers, we thought it might be a telemarketer, so we didn't pick up. That caused such a big misunderstanding."

With that, Arthur pulled out his phone, showing a picture of his mom in the hospital, IV in her arm, lying in bed.

These photos had been edited by Athena at the last minute.

They looked so real that even he would have believed it was genuine.

The Stevens family was instantly silenced, unable to continue their complaints.

Onlookers quickly dismissed any doubts about Claire and the Donovan family upon seeing the photos.

"I knew the Donovan family was decent. There's no way they'd abandon their elders. There must be some misunderstanding here."

"I hope Clarie is fine. Starting her own business must be tough at her age. needs to take care of herself."

"You're all family. You should understand each other. Don't sit on the gro

Only then did Quentin and the others feign concern about Claire's health.

She needs to cook countless meals every day and

"It's great that the misunderstanding has been cleared up. Arthur, shall we go

visit Claire now?

"I heard your family lives nearby. Can you drop the kids off at your place for a rest? The adults can make multiple trips, but it's tough on the kids."

came to pick you all up. My car is in the parking lot. Please follow

previously raucous Stevens family happily

for a nine-seater business van

Arthur casually said, "Grandpa and Grandma, our old house is being demolished. The compensation is based on the number of people registered in the household. The more family members, the more houses you get. "My dad feels you've

house

car, which had been

breathing rapidly as they

Quentin, and Gavin all echoed, "We don't mind

in poor locations compared to your

It's normal not to want a relocation house, but we're used to hardship and can't stand waste. Please let us take

each of them got a house,

you don't mind," Arthur said sincerely. "But there is

government requires homeowners to live in the relocation houses for at least six months to prevent people from exploiting them for money. Otherwise, some would buy the relocation houses cheaply, never live in them, and

policy is excellent. People like

The place is clean, and the furniture and appliances are still there, but it's a bit small. "Would you like to check it out

of them, the Stevens family

go see the old houses first, then

place to stay, they'd refuse to

them, they'd indulge in the Donovan

and without Claire, there would be none of the smart, attractive kids in the Donovan

Vlento Court, reaching

Block

others got out of the car, they

surprise, Arthur exclaimed, "Maria? What are you doing

as convincingly. "Arthur, I thought you were at the hospital with

apartment to Gavin's family, so I brought them to look at the house." "Claire said this apartment is to be transferred to us," Joel excitedly interjected. "We arrived first and told Maria, so you

off location was

this two-bedroom apartment over their old, somewhat worn-out three-bedroom house in the