Chapter 48

“Aah!” Amelia cried out in agony, her face pallid due to the pain.

Joey then shifted Amelia behind her and scowled, “Charmine, enough is enough! You’re shameless enough to be a third-wheeler. How dare you hit your cousin? Aren’t you even ashamed at all?”

“Ashamed? Ashamed as in standing here and listening to you?” Charmine clapped back bitterly.

“She’s your cousin!” Joey shrieked. “So what if she criticizes you? You’re just an adopted daughter, and your life was given by the Jordan family. From what you’ve done so far, nothing would be in vain if you’re bashed to death right now!”

A sliver of irony gleamed in Charmine’s glare. Nothing would be in vain if she was based to death, was it? Everyone would see who would be first to go.

Tiffany took this opportunity to play the good cop. “Mom, Sister, please stop arguing,” she pleaded, “we can talk things out. Sister claimed she wasn’t the third-wheeler and that this shop belonged to her. What if she speaks the truth? Maybe she had no ch