Dead toad

Chapter 11: Dead toad

"Ava!" Mr Smith yelled angrily. "Watch your tongue. How dare you talk to your mother in that manner." He yelled angrily.

"Stop barking like a dog, please. I am right here before you. And did you just call her my mother?" She asked and suddenly erupted into laughter. She laughed so hard that tears started coming out from the corners of her eyes. She walked into the room further with the bodyguards following behind her. She took her seat on the couch and crossed her legs. She had a proud smile on her face.

"How can you call her my mother? Everyone here knows that I am an orphan and I don't have a mother. You are not the one that adopted me. The person who adopted me is Grandmother Smith, and she's gone now. Have any of you ever considered me as your family? I also do not consider you a family. Since childhood, I have been the one taking care of myself. Have you ever thought of treating me well? The answer is NO. You don't consider my feelings at all. You only care about yourself and your family. I have different kinds of part-time jobs. You have never for once asked me how my day went. All you do is hit me and make me do the house chores while your daughter is the princess of the house. You have never for once spent a single dollar on me. I am the one who sent myself to school. I cater for myself and feed myself. I hardly eat in this house. The only thing you have ever done for me is let me stay in this house. Though you made me sleep in the maids' room, I'm a little grateful. And I don't think I owe you anything because you make me pay for staying here. I do the house chores and I even served as your punching bag. You have the money, but you just hate me so much. I dropped out of school when I couldn't afford my school fees anymore. You barely asked why I dropped out of school. You are just too selfish. The only person who has a good heart in your family is Grandmother Smith. And she's gone now. The rest of you are just shameless, disgusting, selfish people." She spat out coldly. Her chest heaved up and down, showing how angry she was.

"Hey, what has gotten to you, Ava? What the heck is wrong with you? How can you talk to them like that? Is it because we have now broken up? Are you so sad that we are no longer together that you have now started to misbehave? And who are those men behind you?" Henry questioned.

Ava suddenly erupted into laughter. She laughed so hard till her cheek started to hurt, and her stomach ached terribly. This seems to be the biggest joke she has ever heard so far.

She soon stopped laughing and directed her gaze at Henry "Hey, what do you take me for? Who do you think you are? Why would I be sad that I broke up with a scum like you? You think too highly of yourself. You have overestimated yourself, and I'm so happy to disappoint you. You are nothing to me. I'm not even sad in the slightest way that I broke up with you. I'm relieved instead, and my heart seems to be at ease. If I had known breaking up with you would give me this kind of amusement, I would have done so a long time ago. You and Lily are made for each other. Match made in heaven. You make a perfect couple. And you asked who those men were. You can ask your father that." She said with a mocking smile on her lips. She said that intentionally to piss Henry off and, fortunately, her plan seemed to work.

"How dare you bitch?" Henry yelled angrily. His face twisted in anger, and he rushed to Ava. Ready to attack her. But before his hand could touch her. Greg grabbed his hand and twisted it backwards. A cracking sound could be heard signaling everyone that Henry's arm was broken.

Henry cried out in pain and struggled to break free from Greg. But the more he struggled, the more Greg applied more pressure on his arm. He suddenly kicked Henry in the stomach and this got him to fly away. He landed right on the floor, lying there like a dead toad. 

The sight alone got Ava rolling on the ground. She laughed so hard. She suddenly took out her phone and took a picture of Henry. "Wow, that looks so great. It will be my pleasure to post this online. The heir of the Bale family got beaten up and looked like a dead toad." She said and laughed out loud again.

"You bitch." Henry groaned and wanted to stand up. But he fell again and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The smile on Ava grew even more when she saw fear in everyone's faces. She looks like a villain right now who enjoys watching people in pain.

Lily clenched her fist tightly. She tried to hold back her anger. How dare this useless orphan come to bully them in their house? The silence was killing her, and she couldn't hold it back anymore.

"Ava. What do you think you are doing? How can you bring some thugs here to beat up Henry? You even went as far as insulting our parents. I'm very disappointed in you. How can you do that?" She said and ran to Henry's side. 

"Hey bitch. " Ava said and rose to her feet "You love playing the role of Cinderella. Are you not tired of it already? You are as scheming as your mother. You always pretend to be a white lotus, meanwhile, you are a green snake hiding under the green grass. Watch your tongue "