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“Who's spreading rumors? It's all out in the open, isn’t it? Everybody's talking, so why can’t 12 Besides, you
brought this on yourself. If your mom was still around, | wouldn't have anything to say. But who told her to check
out so early?
Now the task of finding someone willing to take you off our hands falls on my mom. You might not get it ‘cause
you don’t have one, but it breaks my heart.”
Madeline was smug, knowing she always had one up on Regina in this department.
But then, out of nowhere, Regina’s expression changed, and teardrops started rolling down from the corners of
her eyes. She was usually so composed, but now, with her rimmed red from crying, she looked even more
pitiable.
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eyes
While Madeline was frowning, wondering what Regina was up to, a voice called out from upstairs
“Madeline, is this how we talk to Regina?”
Madeline flinched. She turned around and the moment she saw Francis, she knew what Regina was playing at.
“Dad, when did you get back?” Madeline's smile couldn't have been more forced, and Imogen, who had been at
Francis’s side, wasn’t looking too happy either. She reached out to link arms with Francis but he dodged her with
an uplifted arm.
“If I hadn’t chearly, | would've never known how you guys talk about my daughter behind my back!”
Francis was furious.
Regina lowered her head and wiped the tears from her eyes, “Dad... don’t be hard on Madeline. She's just
young.”
Imogen quickly chimed in, “Exactly, Francis. Madeline is young, and sometimes she doesn’t think before she
speaks. We're all family here, so she thought she could be casual. Madeline, apologize to your sister. Promise you
won't speak like that again.”
Francis, seeing Regina so forgiving, felt even more heartache, “If | hadn’t cback tod | wouldn't have known
you were all calling my daughter a child without a mother! Imoge is this the fine example you've set as her
mother?
Back in the day, | ignored all the stares and whispers to bring you and your daughter into our home, just so my
daughter would have a female figure to look after her. Was | wrong?”
Francis didn’t spell it out, but each question hit Imogen like a ton of bricks. She stepped forward and yanked
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMadeline's arm harshly. “What are you still standing there for? Go apologize to your sister! And Francis, believe
me, Madeline just blurted it out without thinking. She’s not ill-natured. She’s been raised by your side all these
years. You should
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know her true nature, right?”
“Well, | can’t be sure of that. After all, you can’t see into people’s hearts. | can’t even claim to fully understand
my own daughter, let alone someone else's.” Francis’s words plunged Imogen’s heart into despair.
She pleaded, “Francis, what are you trying to say? I've been nothing but diligent in the Tanner household for so
many years. I've treated your daughter well and done my duty as a mother. Now you‘re saying | don’t get any
credit for that?
Sure, she’s grown up and doesn’t need me, but how have | wronged the Tanners? You say you didn’t care about
the looks you got when you brought us into the Tanner family, but do you think it was easy for me? Do you know
how they called the wicked stepmother every t| step out of here?”
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