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.

that Cheryl screwed up by trying too hard to

well. The Crawford family should not rip into

smile. “I’m sorry, Bettany! I’m sorry, Mr. Anthony… Let us take it easy… Just take it

tears streaming down her

It’s my fault… It’s my fault either way… Don’t be mad,

from crying out

that no one would have the heart to put

not sit well with

mean by either

Lilly down in

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

because they thought Lilly was so nice to try and

out, Tina jumped in, “Oh,

her tears and magnanimously uttered, “It’s

dumped the whole plate of salad

red bracelet twinkled a flashing scarlet glint as the

sure stopped Cheryl

“Here you go. That’s intentional! The

differentiate between

out Lilly took everything Bettany said to

was why Lilly felt

it was easier to remember things when

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

of her skirt

in salad dressing.

lost it. “How can you

plate in her hands, Lilly innocently blinked her eyes. “I was only

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

bright eyes as she genuinely explained to

they were flabbergasted, but…

say that Lilly could

on her face. That was a good thing about being kids. They were free to do whatever was

Nothing held them back!

be with the young heiress of the

the residue from Cheryl’s face

this to me? You can’t do

crying for real this time. The

She said, “I’m sorry!”

did not believe

could now distinguish between

Lilly had apologized, Tina could no longer

on the back. She said, “It’s okay. You

saying, “No, I don’t want to

at a

to Bettany. “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’ll take Cheryl

with her, Tina hurried

moments ago, and now

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