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.

up by trying too hard to

well.

sorry, Mr. Anthony… Let us take it easy… Just take

down her

It’s my fault… It’s my fault either way…

from crying out loud. Yet, she was sensible

had the look that no one would have the heart to put the blame

thing did not sit well with

Cheryl mean by

dragging Lilly down in her

with a plate of salad in

family had mixed feelings about it because they thought Lilly was

jumped in, “Oh, Miss Lilly. That isn’t

tears and magnanimously

whole plate of

flashing scarlet glint as the

stopped Cheryl from

the details, Lilly said, “Here you go. That’s intentional! The

you differentiate between intentional and

out Lilly took everything Bettany said

felt

it was easier to remember things

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

the hem of her skirt just

drenched in salad dressing. She had never been so

lost it. “How can you

in her hands, Lilly innocently blinked her eyes.

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

eyes as

were

to say that Lilly could not have

smile on her face. That was a good thing about being kids. They were free

Nothing held them back!

how it should be with the young heiress of

the residue from Cheryl’s face and skirt. Feeling attacked, Cheryl

amid the cries, “How can you do this to me? You can’t

was crying for real this time. The girl was sad and

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not believe she was

Cheryl could now distinguish between intentional

apologized, Tina

back. She said, “It’s okay. You know kids. You fight today, but tomorrow

bit before saying, “No, I don’t

was at a loss for

turned to Bettany. “I’m sorry. I’m

her,

such graces moments ago, and now

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