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.

trying

and only meant well. The Crawford family should not

Mr. Anthony… Let us take it easy…

streaming down her face,

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

trying to stop herself from crying out loud.

one would have the

the whole thing did not sit well with the

did Cheryl mean by either

Lilly

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

thought Lilly was so nice to try and

in, “Oh, Miss Lilly. That isn’t

tears and magnanimously uttered, “It’s okay,

the whole plate of salad

glint as the

stopped Cheryl

the details, Lilly said, “Here you go.

you differentiate

Lilly took

was why Lilly felt

said that it was easier to remember things

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

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

outfit was drenched in salad dressing. She

“How can you

Lilly innocently blinked her eyes. “I was only

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

little sweet pea appeared earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely explained

were

that Lilly could not have done

a good thing about being kids. They were free to

Nothing held them back!

be with the young heiress

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

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

could tell Cheryl was crying for real this time. The

She said, “I’m sorry!”

still did not

trusted Cheryl could now distinguish between

apologized, Tina could no longer point

pat Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s

I don’t want to be

at a loss

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’ll take Cheryl to get a change of

with her,

graces moments ago, and now

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