Chapter 33 Get Rid of Them!

A woman in high heels entered the venue wearing bright red lipstick and a slit bodycon dress.

The commotion gave way to silence. Then, the crowd exclaimed in amazement.

“It’s Maia Burgess!”

“What is she doing here?”

“Hasn’t she gone missing?”

Yvette and Homer were stunned onstage.

Quickly adopting a fatherly tone, he exclaimed, “Maia, you’re… finally back! I missed you so

much.”

Maia frowned, disgusted by the man. She knew better than anyone what her father and stepmother were like.

Yvette, however, was not as calm as Homer. Holding onto his arm, she paled as if she had seen a ghost. “Y–You…”

Outsiders assumed Maia had gone missing for a year, but the Burgess couple was sure she died

in the fire.

But there she was, at the press conference!

“Long time no see, Yvette. Too excited to see me?” Maia let out a half–smile.

could say anything. Live cameras were pointed directly at her, and flashes kept

men assaulted my

out several bills

Burgess Winery’s utility bills. If my brother had shut their electricity and water off, the bills would look different. But it had been about the same time

that my brother was verbally abusive to

glare at Homer and Yvette. “How could a mute person be verbally abusive to you? Even if he did it through sign

true victims are.

the bills on the desk before Homer

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the two. “Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, here’s

now an internationally renowned attorney. Seeing his courteous smile, she angrily picked up the notice and tore it

be

lowered voice,

realized all the cameras pointed at her. What she

wiped her tears and sobbed, playing the

reading the legal notice, wait for the court summons then. As

then turned and headed toward the door. All this was

had gone missing for a year before confronting Homer and

as they swarmed over, dozens of bodyguards stopped

reporters continued

been doing for the past

up, will

the venue

you know about Mr. Cedric’s engagement with

question was as sharp as

point, a man entered the venue, his eyes fixed on her.

his face.

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