Chapter 44 Teach You Manners

Pursing her lips, Lilly stared at Cheryl.

Although Cheryl looked nothing like her stepmother, the expression on the girl’s face was all too familiar to Lilly.

That was the trick her stepmother always pulled, and her daddy would turn around and give Lilly a piece of his mind.

Even though Lilly did nothing to deserve any of that!

Lilly was forthright with her answer. “I didn’t push you. You fell on your own.”

Biting her lip, Cheryl wiped her eyes in distress. After giving her eyes a good rub, she said, “Yeah, I know you didn’t mean to. It was my fault…”

Lilly pressed her lips together.

Other children might be dumbfounded in Lilly’s shoes, not understanding what was going on.

However, Lilly had been in this position far too many times.

She turned to Bettany and uttered, “Granny, I didn’t push her. I was getting up after finishing the food, and Cheryl suddenly fell.”

Bettany picked Lilly up and gave an affirmative answer, “It’s okay. I trust you didn’t push anybody. Maybe somebody can’t tell the difference between intentional and accidental.”

She made a point to look at Cheryl.

Lilly blinked her eyes and fell into thought.

Tina awkwardly jumped in, “The kids were just fooling around. I should have paid closer attention…”

She tried to cover up the whole thing as harmless horsing around between children.

Nevertheless, the Crawfords were not going to let it go.

Bettany callously said, “So? What are you trying to say? Are you expecting our darling to apologize to you?

“Or are you trying to give us the wrong idea about Lilly? What? So we would think she is bad and Cheryl is good? You are foolish to flatter yourself.”

The family ignored their child and took someone else’s child under their wing. Now, they had the nerve to point fingers at Lilly.

Bettany did not hold back with her choice of words.

Color washed off Tina’s complexion… That was not the end of it. The other Crawford family members chimed in to give their two cents.

Anthony curtly snapped, “The last person to frame Lilly is still sitting in jail.”

Hugh had a deadpan look. “It’s the parents’ duty to educate their children. It’ll be too late if you don’t start now.”

Gilbert faintly uttered, “What are you thinking to pull this sort of stunt? Don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”

The Crawford family took turns jumping down Tina’s throat.

Tina wished the earth could swallow her up.

The Crawfords really got up in her face.

Cheryl screwed up by trying too hard to get people to like

only meant well. The Crawford

Bettany! I’m sorry, Mr.

down her face, Cheryl

my fault… It’s my fault either way… Don’t

wept in sniffles, trying to stop herself from crying out loud. Yet,

appeared so miserable. She had the look that no one would

not sit well with

mean

was dragging Lilly

Lilly approached with a plate of salad in hand and cautiously made her

mixed feelings about it because they thought Lilly was so nice to try and resolve things with

an out, Tina jumped in, “Oh, Miss Lilly. That

her tears and magnanimously uttered,

the whole plate of

red bracelet twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as the salad was

stopped Cheryl from

you

can you differentiate between intentional and

turned out Lilly took everything Bettany said to

was why Lilly felt the need to explain

easier to remember things when

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

only poured salad on the hem of her skirt just now, so it was

in salad dressing. She had

lost it. “How can you do

hands, Lilly innocently blinked her eyes. “I was

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

with her bright eyes as

they were flabbergasted, but…

had to say that Lilly could not have done

good thing about

Nothing held them back!

was how it should be with the young heiress of

the residue from Cheryl’s face and

accused Lilly amid the cries, “How can you do this to me? You can’t do this even if you’re trying to

Cheryl was crying for real this

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not believe

Cheryl could now distinguish between intentional

apologized, Tina could

had to force a smile and pat Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s okay. You know kids. You fight today, but tomorrow you’re back to

hesitated for a bit before saying, “No, I don’t want to be friends with

at a

a stiff smile, she turned to Bettany. “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’ll

with her,

graces moments ago, and now they

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