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Claire’s mother narrowed her eyes at the guilty-looking Claire and asked in a low but clear voice, “What exactly
did Elyse do to you? Tell me, and I'll back you up.”
Claire glanced desperately at Thea for help, but Thea's stony silence was all she got. Claire could only stomp her
foot in frustration, feeling the heat rise to her cheeks.
Her mother’s voice cut through the tension, sharp and insistent. “Speak up. Don’t be afraid. How did Elyse offend
you? Did she say anything insulting?”
Claire's eyes lit up, seizing the lifeline. She nodded vigorously and gushed, “Yes, yes! She insulted and
humiliated me!”
Elyse, with a cool and collected demeanor, asked calmly, “And how did | do that?”
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Claire racked her brain, trying to recall, but then a sinking realization hit her—Elyse hadn't actually said anything
particularly offensive.
Elyse, reading Claire's troubled expression, let out a scoff. “What's wrong? Have you finally realized | didn’t say
anything bad? After all, we only argued because you insulted my dad.”
Claire’s mother’s eyes darkened with fury. “Claire, | thought | raised you better. Where did you learn how to insult
others?”
The scolding felt like a slap to Claire’s already fragile ego. Her eyes reddened, tears welling up, threatening to
spill over.
Observing her pitiful state, Elyse rolled her eyes at Claire's notably feeble mental resilience.
Thea frowned deeply, her voice tinged with discontent. “Mrs. Lipson, how can you doubt your own daughter? |
would never question Claire. Elyse must have instigated something to push Claire to the point of retaliation.
Claire's already feeling down. How can you join forces with the very person who hurt her to interrogate her? Do
you realize how much damage you're doing to your own daughter?”
Claire’s mother gave Thea a long, hard look before turning her gaze to her daughter. Her tone softened
considerably as she asked, “Is what Thea said true?”
Claire turned her head away, her eyes brimming with hurt. She refused to speak to her mother.
The betrayal stung deeply — her own mother siding with Elyse instead of her!
Elyse, observing the tension, felt a flicker of annoyance but remained silent. Whether she spoke or stayed quiet,
she knew these people had already made up their minds about her. She stood there silently, feeling that being
with the Bensons was no different from being with Lanny and Glenda.
The suffocating atmosphere made her want to leave desperately.
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A few moments of silence passed before Elyse turned around to leave, assuming that the matter had been
settled.
Thea, however, refused to let her go. “Stop! Who said you could leave? You haven't even apologized yet!”
Elyse turned back slowly, her gaze icy as she stared at Thea. A cold smirk played at the corners of her mouth. “If
you wantto apologize, fine, but Claire must first apologize for insulting my father.”
Claire's eyes flared with indignation as she immediately retorted, “Why should 17 | wasn’t wrong! Your father’s
nothing but a loser who couldn't make it on his own, so he asked you to ccrawling back hto fight for an
inheritance!”
Claire's mother’s face twisted into a grimace. “What nonsense are you spouting? Who put these ideas in your
head?”
Claire, taken aback by the sudden scolding, stood there in a daze. Had she said something wrong? Wasn't she
just telling the truth?
Elyse, maintaining her composure, turned her gaze to Claire and spoke with measured calmness. “Miss Lipson, |
don’t know where you heard these rumors, but my father has been dead for over twenty years.”
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