Chapter 877 Putting on Another Act

Queenie hadn’t expected to run into them at the hospital.

She felt perhaps Paula was here because Gale was scheduled for

surgery.

Now, Paula lived alone in that old, shabby house, but she looked healthy and seemed to be doing well.

As for the family Queenie once dreamed of, her father and mother, that no longer existed. The happiness she longed for had never come.

This wasn’t the outcome she wanted. Everything was ruined.

She was still just an illegitimate child.

Queenie glared fiercely at Diana and Paula. “Paula, no matter what you do, you’ve broken Diana’s heart. She will never acknowledge you as her mother.”

“Do you know why?” Queenie asked with a malicious smile, her gaze fixed on Paula’s pained face.

Paula stared back, saying nothing.

The reason was simple. She’d brought this upon herself.

Her feelings were conflicted at the time.

Seeing Paula remain silent, Queenie continued, “You think she

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your biological daughter. You know she came from the

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countryside. Even you, her mother, looked down on her. How could anyone else respect her?

“Steven was a man of status. How could he possibly care for a girl from the countryside?

“Paula, your current situation isn’t solely my fault. Everyone is responsible for their own choices. You chose me over your biological daughter, and maybe that wasn’t a mistake.

“But why pin all the blame on me? You indulged me because you wanted to. That’s on you.

“Can you honestly say you never despised her when you learned where she came from?”

“You didn’t just look down on her. You humiliated her

deliberately. Clothes I didn’t like, hand–me–downs I refused to wear, you gave them to her.”

but

dollars on custom couture for me, for her, you bought a 200–dollar down jacket. And still, Diana treated your family well. Paula, when

Weren’t they your own doing?

She might be cruel,

At Queenie’s

Putting

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reddened as she lowered her gaze, not daring to

for her part, didn’t even glance at

He couldn’t understand why he had treated his own

finished

nearby trash can, then looked toward the people outside. “This is a hospital. If

voice was cold and devoid

at

wanted to explain, but the truth was

the beginning, she truly hadn’t wanted Diana back. Diana’s

had given up on these so–called family members long ago. Their newfound remorse didn’t matter

away from me? I don’t bother you, so please respect my choices.”

to make it up to you. Just give me a

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even to get a chance

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me for a single day, and I’ve already repaid you. Let’s leave it at that.

was nothing but a

they could live

but when she saw the icy detachment in

bit of

brilliant, truly

had dimmed

dress nicely, fearing

Diana received cheap clothing worth only a few hundred

“Diana, if you ever face trouble, don’t forget you can come to me. I’ll always be your

better off without you.

Putting

I was never your daughter. These two years since

our fate.

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felt like she

Paula’s heart ached deeply.

another word, Paula pushed Gale’s wheelchair

Jeff stayed

Steven sitting in the room and walked in.

dripped with intentional

cold look. “Queenie, was I unclear before, or are you just

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