“ Alivia couldn’t take it and in her hysteria, an accident occurred and she passed away. That was how the heavy burden of managing this family fell on me.”Caroline rarely heard Belinda mention her aunts.Now that Belinda was talking about it with a complicated expression, Caroline very much wanted to ask her if their deaths were her doing.The words were already on the tip of her tongue when she swallowed them back down.She did not ask.Even if she did, Belinda would not tell her.She would even get mad that her own daughter did not believe in her.“Mom, do you have a photo of Aunt Tiara and Aunt Alivia?” Caroline asked with faux curiosity as she munched on some cotton candy. “You said Liberty looks like Aunt Tiara, but I’ve never seen a photo of her, so I can’t tell. Liberty’s just her granddaughter. How similar could they be?”Belinda was silent for a long moment before she spoke, “I used to have photos of them. But after decades, those photos faded so much that they were u
Caroline wanted to take another look at the photos, but Belinda stopped her. “You aren’t married yet, so you shouldn’t be tainting your eyes by looking at those photos.”“I’m almost thirty, it’s fine. But I’d better finish my snacks first so that I don’t puke.”Belinda was speechless.“Mom, I only glanced at them earlier, but the photos were very clear. Do you think Celine purposely had the curtains drawn for photos to be easily captured? I think she might have anticipated you looking into her and deliberately ensuring your men could get very clear photos.“People who are involved in scandals would do their best to cover it up, so I think Celine did that on purpose to get back at us. You wouldn’t have recognized her if she hadn’t.”Belinda said coldly, “Whether she did it on purpose or not, I can’t forgive her for doing such a thing.”“Hunter can’t let her go either.” Belinda added hatefully, “I’ve never thought Celine would be someone like this. What a waste of my love for her o
After that incident with Celine and Hunter, Belinda seemed to have aged more than a decade overnight.In the past, she took great care of herself and looked like she was only in her fifties.Now, she looked like an old lady in her eighties.Caroline stayed silent.It was not appropriate for her to comment on her parents’ marriage.“Your dad was even harping on about how I had feelings for someone else, but I never cheated and that was all in the past. Who doesn’t have a past? Before he married me, he had an endless stream of women by his side. Doesn’t he have a past too?“I never held it against him even after we got married, but he had the gall to use the fact that I had feelings for someone else as an excuse.”Caroline’s eyes sparkled. “Mom, that person you loved must have been someone outstanding, wasn’t he?”“Very. He was a hundred times better than your dad. He’s the old friend I’m going on a trip to see in two days.“We haven’t seen each other in decades. I wonder if he
Caroline had a gossipy and curious look on her face.Emma felt even more anxious at this.Photos?Of whom?“Hurry on in, Emma. Don’t make Mom wait,” Caroline urged in a whisper before leaving.Emma took a few deep breaths. Whatever it was, there was no running from it. She would have to go in.No matter how impressive her mother-in-law was, she was not going to eat her now, was she?Emma went in.The moment she did, she saw photos scattered all over the floor before the desk.Her scary mother-in-law was sitting behind the desk, munching on some fruit dipped in chocolate.Emma was a little surprised to see this.She did not expect her scary mother-in-law to be eating the same snack children fancied. It was probably given to her by Caroline.Belinda did not care what Emma thought of this as she finished the last bit before instructing, “Pick up all the photos on the floor.”“Yes, Mom.”Emma hurriedly walked over to the table and put her bag down on a chair before bending ov
The main issue was that Belinda and Hunter had always doted on that harlot Celine and even treated her much better than they did Caroline.Each one of them who had married into the Fisher family knew they had to follow Belinda’s will.Since Belinda was so good to Celine, even if Emma felt uncomfortable about it, she still had to suck up to Celine on the surface.“That’s enough.”Belinda cut Emma off.“This isn’t your fault. I spoiled Celine too much in the past.”In this manor, everyone had to follow her will.If anyone was to blame, she as the matriarch was to blame.Emma said in a small voice, “You only spoiled her so much because you didn’t know she was a fake. I’m a mother now, too, and I also only have one daughter. I dote on her a lot too.”“Were the kids already dropped back off at school?” Belinda asked about her grandchildren.She treated them quite well.When she had just gotten Caroline back and initially felt that the girl was hopeless, she even thought of nurtur
“I’m going to go settle the score with Adrian. He’s just a leopard that can’t change its spots,” Emma replied to Caroline as she walked.In her fury, she was walking faster than usual and in the blink of an eye, she had already reached the other side of the hall and exited the main house.Caroline soon heard the sound of an engine revving from outside and realized Emma had indeed gone out.After delivering the food upstairs to her mother, she made an excuse to leave and hurriedly left to follow Emma.Caroline was not worried that Emma would do anything impulsive in anger, but rather, she was worried that Adrian and Celine would join hands to make Emma suffer a loss.On the way there, Caroline received a call from Darren.“Where are you headed, miss?” Darren heard Caroline had gone out and called to enquire.“Emma’s gone to confront Adrian and Celine. I’m worried she’ll suffer, so I’m going after her to help.”Darren chuckled. “You’re not going to watch the show?”“I mean, I am
Without a single word, Emma gave Celine a hard slap.There was a loud smack.A bright red handprint immediately appeared on Celine’s face.Even the corner of her mouth was bleeding.This was not enough for Emma. She repeatedly swung her bag at Celine, cursing and calling her a shameless harlot as she did so.Celine did not cower in the least and the two hurled each other and rolled on the floor.The noise of the struggle was loud and because it was a Sunday night, everyone was home.The neighbors all came out to see what was going on.When they saw Emma and Celine fighting, they did not dare to interfere, not knowing the circumstances.In between landing hits, Emma even tore the sexy nightgown Celine was wearing while shouting, “You slut! How dare you seduce my husband? I’m going to destroy you, you shameless harlot!”The crowd finally figured out the situation. It turned out a wife was confronting the mistress.A good Samaritan immediately started filming with their phone.
Whoever Adrian wanted to be with in the future had nothing to do with Emma anymore.Anyone who wanted her position as the eldest Fisher daughter-in-law—be her guest! She wanted to live!“Adrian, do you realize what you’re doing?” Caroline rebuked coldly. “You nearly killed Emma!“Do you think we have no idea of what you and that woman have been doing here?” Caroline bent down to pick up Emma’s bag and retrieved a stack of photos to throw at Adrian forcefully.Then, she pulled Emma up and said, “Let’s go home, Emma. We’ll leave this scummy couple to Mom to handle.”“Caroline—”Adrian picked up one of the photos to look at it and he paled.When he looked up, Caroline was already pulling his wife away.Adrian did not dare to dally. He hurried to the room to change and rushed back out.When he spotted Celine who had fainted from Caroline’s strike, he could not care less and ruthlessly left her there.He did not even close the door behind him.The spectating neighbors were stru