Chapter 66

Stephanie had originally planned to take a nap, but the studio kept calling one after another.

She couldn’t just mute her phone in the middle of the day.

After she answered Jennifer’s call, an unknown number came through, Catlin

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The moment Stephanie picked up, Catlin’s choked solas filled the line. “Steli, I’m begging you, please… just this once. Let Allison and Macro go to the hospital to treat Olivia, okay?”

Stephanie froze for a second.

“If there’s anyone to blame, it’s me! It’s all my fault! Please, don’t hate Olivia… I just wanted to teach you properly, but you were so stubborn, so… Catlin’s voice cracked, and she couldn’t even finish her sentence in her desperation.

Stephanie’s voice was eerily calm. “You think I was stubborn? I was the difficult one?”

“L…” Catlin stammered, suddenly struggling to continue. It was obvious Catlin had wanted to say worse things, but right now, she needed Allison and Macro’s help.

At the end of the day, this was all still for Olivia. She was willing to swallow everything, as long as it was for Olivia.

Stephanie’s tone remained razor–sharp. “Mrs. Hart, when you found me, I spent two months in the hospital. After that, I lived in the Hart residence for less than a month.

“During that time, you and Mr. Hart were barely home, always out at social events. So tell me? How exactly did your determine that I had a bad temper and was difficult to deal with?”

Her words were cold and precise, each one cutting through the air like a blade.

Cailin faltered. ‘I… For a moment, she was completely speechless. Because she didn’t actually kn

Stephanie pressed on. “Do you remember the first time you gave me trouble? Do you remember why?”

Catlin frowned, trying to recall.

“It was because Olivia cut her wrist. Do you remember what she said to you?” said Stephanie.

Catlin’s breath hitched.

Stephanie’s voice was unwavering. “She told you, ‘It has nothing to do with Stefi. Don’t blame her. And what did you do next? You immediately lashed out at me.”

these years, hearing Stephanie lay out the details so clearly made Catlin’s chest tighten.

were all correct. But now, hearing them from Stephanie’s mouth, Catlin felt something was off and something

tone devoid of any warmth, “Did you

stilled. She

completely devoid of warmth. “You didn’t see me push her. You had no

time, Catlin found herself questioning her own actions.

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hadn’t seen Stephanie push Olivia. She had no proof at all. But back then, somehow, she had just believed

that, did Olivia tell you. It wasn’t Steli’s fault; it was mine?” Stephanie asked.

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matter. As long as you remember what you did to me every single time after she said those

was spoken lightly. Yet, when it fell on Catlin’s chest, it was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

But she did remember what she

the same cycle, blaming Stephanie for being

You didn’t see her today, she came out of the emergency room vomiting uncontrollably, she couldn’t

momentarily

you, I’ll pay you back in the future, okay? Please?”

treatment was still

once told me that my life was something you gave

firm her stance had been back then. For Olivia’s sake, she had used both coercion and

company would hire me, still wasn’t enough to

was Catlin’s increasingly rapid breathing. At the end of the hospital corridor, Catlin felt her blood run cold the second she heard Stephanie’s

Stephanie chuckled when she noticed Catlin’s silence. “Compensate me? If Olivia really recovers, won’t that just be the moment when you all come after

all, it wouldn’t be the first time in the past two

truly skilled; no matter how far she was, even in another country, these people would still cause trouble for

Stefi; it’s my fault. But no one ever

would assume that Stephanie couldn’t tolerate her because

won’t happen! I really want to apologize

do is

Hearing Stephanie say that, she

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