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.

to the reporters before the two could say anything. Live cameras were pointed directly at her, and flashes

aunt’s dashcam when Yvette’s men assaulted my brother and me. We didn’t want to pursue the matter,

took out several bills from

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

Yvette claimed that my brother was verbally abusive to

Yvette. “How could a mute person be verbally abusive

true victims are. As

the desk

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the two. “Mr. and Mrs.

Seeing his courteous smile,

won’t be

lowered voice, “Don’t forget you’re on

the woman realized all the cameras pointed at her. What she did just now was

wiped her tears and

the court summons then. As

the door. All this was done

missing for a year before confronting Homer and Yvette, the

just as they swarmed over, dozens of bodyguards

so, the reporters continued

Maia, what have you been doing for the

you’ve shown up, will

the

know about Mr. Cedric’s engagement with Ms.

as sharp as

a man entered the venue, his eyes fixed

his face.

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