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

and only meant well. The Crawford family should not rip

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

streaming down her face,

my fault

sniffles, trying to stop herself from crying out

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

not sit well with

did Cheryl mean by

was dragging Lilly down in her

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

about it because they thought Lilly was so

jumped in, “Oh, Miss

away her tears and magnanimously

dumped the whole plate of salad all

flashing scarlet glint as the salad was tossed

stopped

“Here you go. That’s

can you differentiate

it turned out Lilly took everything Bettany said to

was why Lilly felt the need to explain

it was easier

Cheryl was dumbfounded.

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

outfit was drenched in salad dressing. She had never been so

can you do this to

Lilly innocently blinked

The Crawfords were dumbstruck.

earnest with her bright eyes as she genuinely explained to Cheryl

were

that Lilly

about being kids.

Nothing held them back!

how it should be with

Cheryl’s face

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

real

She said, “I’m sorry!”

not believe she was

trusted Cheryl could now

apologized, Tina could no longer

smile and pat Cheryl on the back. She said, “It’s okay. You know kids. You fight today,

I

at a

smile, she turned to Bettany. “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’ll take Cheryl to get a change of

her,

and now they were

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