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Maelis said, “Zinnia, I never should have taken you back! Look how you’ve ruined our family!” She stormed toward Zinnia, raising her hand to strike.

“Mom!” the three Shaw brothers gasped in unison.

However, Zinnia intercepted Maelis’s hand and shoved her back hard. Last time, Zinnia had been caught off guard by Maelis’s cruelty and nearly got hit.

But now, seeing that ferocious look on Maelis’s face, Zinnia was determined not to let Maelis lay a hand on her.

Zinnia thought, ‘My Master never laid a hand on me growing up. What right does this outsider have to hit me?‘

Maelis stumbled back two steps, nearly falling before Howard caught her. Her bloodshot eyes glared at Zinnia with resentment. She never expected Zinnia would dare fight back.

Yosef frowned at Zinnia and said, “Zinnia, even if Mom was out of line, you shouldn’t have pushed her like that. She’s getting on in years. What if Howard hadn’t caught her? What if she’d fallen?”

Zinnia shot Yosef a cold glance, her clear eyes flashing with defiance. She snapped, “Should I just stand there and take the hit? It’s easy for you to talk when you’re not the one getting slapped.”

Yosef was left speechless. He never expected Zinnia to speak to him with such blunt disrespect.

Zinnia took two deliberate steps back, putting clear distance between herself and the rest of them.

Maelis steadied herself, her bloodshot eyes burning with anger. Her voice was razor–sharp with fury as she asked, “Zinnia, do you still want me as your mother or not?”

“No, I don’t,” Zinnia shot back without hesitation.

crimson as she pointed a trembling finger

torn between guilt and resentment toward Zinnia. She thought, ‘Why didn’t she speak

told us the truth, that those things weren’t her fault, we wouldn’t have misunderstood her for

on Maelis. She never imagined Betty, the girl she’d always believed to be pure–hearted, could harbor such venom or be capable of such

her choice. Especially when she thought of how Zinnia showed no understanding toward her as a mother, Maelis still simmered with anger. This visit, while

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Zinnia have to air our family drama at school? She humiliated the Shaw family and dragged the Carsons into this mess. Even though the Carsons aren’t pursuing it anymore, the bad blood between our

is holed up at home, refusing to go to school. Donald berates me for being

be. My whole family life has been turned upside down. Why did I ever bring Zinnia back? If only I hadn’t, our

a knife into the hearts of the three Shaw brothers.

as she backed toward the

shout, the security guards who had been monitoring the situation from the booth sprang into action. Howard found

glaring furiously at Zinnia, Howard frowned and said, “Mom, weren’t we here today to apologize to Zinnia? I get that you’re upset about what happened with Betty, but this time, it wasn’t Zinnia’s

home yesterday after just five days in the detention center, looking visibly thinner. Seeing her like that, Maelis was torn between anger and

worried about Betty, they felt it was still no excuse for

tearfully Betty apologized or how much she insisted it wasn’t intentional, Howard could never see her the same

a cruel boomerang, mocking the

frame Zinnia, Betty was even willing to play with human lives. As her brother, I probably don’t hold an ounce of affection in

Howard wanted was

Zinnia. It’s all Betty’s

Betty rotten. I’d already warned Betty not to cause any more trouble, but within a day, she made such a huge mess, completely ignoring my

mess Betty caused, Mom still blamed Zinnia. How

to come to see Zinnia, so Timothy and I decided to join him. Just as we