Chapter 449:

“Mommy, I didn’t say that at all! I didn’t!” Sophie protested, her voice bright and angry. Kallie wrapped her arms around Sophie, offering comfort and reassurance. “I was right with you just now. I heard everything. You didn’t say that at all. He’s making it up.”

It was hard to believe a kid that young could lie so blatantly. Just then, someone in the crowd recognized the woman. “Hey, isn’t that Jenny Patterson, the philanthropist?” someone said. “Maybe there’s been a misunderstanding here.”

“It is her! There’s no way she’d do something like that; she’s done so much good and taken in all these homeless kids.”

“I think you should just let it go. Don’t be so harsh on them.”

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Kallie was taken aback. She hadn’t expected the woman to be a philanthropist. Jenny looked young and well-off, but Kallie had never heard of the Pattersons. They didn’t seem to be one of the big, influential families. A few nosy people even started snapping photos with their phones.

terrified by the commotion. “Mommy, let’s go home,” Sophie

“It’s okay, honey. Mommy’s got

recognition from the crowd seemed to inflate Jenny’s ego. She lifted her chin slightly, a smug look on her face. She looked down her nose at Kallie. “I know you rich folks think you can bully anyone you want,” Jenny

at the ruined sandcastle. “My daughter was playing happily over there just a minute ago. There was no issue between her and Craig. He just walked over and stomped

flushed with embarrassment. She looked down at Craig,

little girl got her mom to help her! That’s cheating!

one all by myself. My mommy’s is way better than this one,” Sophie

spreading across her face. She ruffled his hair affectionately. “Good job, sweetie. We can’t let people cheat. Imagine learning to cheat at such a young age! What

that my daughter cheated? There were tons of people on the beach! Everyone saw Sophie build that sandcastle herself. There were

her hands on her hips, her voice

of slander? Everyone in Halstead knows I’m as honest as the day is long. I’d never accuse someone falsely. Folks, just look at this sandcastle. It’s a

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