When Love Comes Late by PASSION

She turned to Bella, her eyes filled with disappointment and accusation.

“Are you actually blaming me? Could you stand idly by while your daughter was almost r@ped?”

Bella closed her eyes, inhaling deeply before responding with measured calm.

“Don’t you know why Leo did that? Elizabeth, are you still refusing to face the reality? When we return to Dorburn, you’re going to be grounded for three months.

I hope you use this time to contemplate your actions.

”

Elizabeth clenched her teeth, locked eyes with Bella, and growled, “You can’t simply do this to me! Even if you lock me at home, I’ll find a way to Seamarsh.

”

“What so important here that you can’t part with it? Bella barked, her frustration boiling over.

“Have you no regard for your own reputation? What do you aim to achieve with this theatrics?”

Bella felt a growing chasm between herself and her daughter.

The daughter she knew, once gentle and earnest, seemed like a shadow of the past.

The transformation into the person before her was incomprehensible.

can you not understand?” Elizabeth retorted with

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didn’t name him,

speaking of

contain herself, Bella exclaimed, “You’ve

He’s a married man!”

care! I must have

he slips away, I’ll

Slap!

on Elizabeth’s cheek,

to such delusional words from her own flesh and

her palm reverberated as the force of the slap struck Elizabeth

stark contrast to the love and gentleness

never laid a

face, a

know nothing of

of this family

gaze froze as she looked

to apologize to Elizabeth for impulsively striking her, but she was caught off guard by the harsh words that spilled

expressed her desire not to stay

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