Chapter 69 Boys Over Girls
Waverly’s scathing rebuke struck Raylee as laughable.
However, for someone like Harriet, a woman of privilege who never lifted a finger, cooking herself was a rare luxury for anyone to experience.
Waverly, you’ve misunderstood. Harriet hurriedly clarified. “It wasn’t Ray–Ray who knocked it over, it was me. I was just being careles”
mmy, you don’t have to defend her anymore,” she sobbed. “First, she called the police on my brother, getting him sent to jail. Now she’s bullying you. How can she be so cruel?”
Gripping Harriet’s scalded hand. Waverly’s heart ached. As she gently blew on the burn to soothe it, she chastised with teary
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“Shut up” Raylee abruptly sat up, her fists clenched tight, the bedsheet crumpled in her grip. The fury blazing in her eyes was almost enough to set someone on fire.
Who bullied whom? Samuel got what he deserved! Also, of all people in the world, you have the least right to criticize me. If you’re so concerned about your mother, then take her and leave this place immediately!”
With just two sentences. Waverly was reduced to tears.
She looked deeply wronged. covering her mouth as she sobbed, struggling to catch her breath.
“I know you despise me. I don’t know how to appease your anger. Perhaps you should call the police. I’m ready to serve time in jail to make up for my mistakes!”
Harriet had always been deeply affected by Waverly’s tears. When she even offered to go to jail to make amends, Harriet was instantly filled with so much heartache that she couldn’t help but sigh.
“Bay–Ray, Waverly was just caught up in the heat of the moment, you shouldn’t hold it against her…
Raylee couldn’t stand the overprotective demeanor of Harriet toward her daughter. It reminded her of Samuel’s similar attitude toward his younger sister. Both of them were so annoyingly stupid!
She got up from the sickbed, picked up the photo, and tore it to shreds before tossing it into the air.
Countless fragments of photographs fluttered to the ground like falling snowflakes.
The sight left Harriet utterly stunned. She stood frozen, as if her soul had left her body, her mouth slightly open–yet no words came out
Raylee glared at her, teeth clenched, his voice a low growl. “I’m telling you–I wish I had died in that forest when I was ten! Don’t think a single photo can guilt–trip me. If there’s one thing I don’t have right now, it’s morality!”
A wave of panic flashed in Harriet’s eyes.
Looking at the scattered fragments on the ground, she suddenly realized, she had truly lost her daughter, Raylee, forever…
Her heart clenched abruptly, as if it was tightly gripped by a hand.
The next moment, tears fell from her eyes like rain. She murmured in a numb tone. “I know, you’ll never forgive me, this lifetime.
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That’s all you need to know! So, stop wasting your efforts on useless things and quit wasting time!” Raylee was extremely agitated.
She stomped hard on the fragments of those photos once again, venting her pent–up anger.
Harriet was trembling incessantly, her eyes brimming with unshed tears, yet she held them back with all her might, refusing
to let them fall
Chapter 69 Boys Over Girls
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“Ray Ray you want to erase the past… to erase the gratitude you owe me for saving your life. She sniffled before continuing. “Lven if you don’t acknowledge me as your mother, that’s fine–I can bear it. But if you refuse to forgive Samuel and insist on pursuing this, then once your grandmother wakes up, I’ll have her talk some sense into you
“How dare you!” Raylee shouted angrily, her face etched with pure hatred. “You know full well that Grandma would fall ill. yet you let Waverly babble on in front of her. Now, are you really going to repeat the same mistake?”
Harriet’s gaze deepened
“For Samuel’s sake, I have no choice. The mistake has already been made. All I can do now is contain the damage before it spirals out of control and hurts even more people!”
“So you’re telling me that your idea of cutting the losses is to have me suffer in silence? And your way of preventing more people from getting hurt is to let the culprit roam free?” Raylee couldn’t help but laugh.
“I understand. I get it now.”
“But how do you know Grandma will protect your precious son? Grandma may have wanted peace and prosperity for the family, but this is a matter of life and death. Considering how much she valued me, if I chose to use my position, there’s no guaranter she would have sided with you!”
“Because Samuel is the only son of the Goodridge family!” Harriet averted her gaze, her thoughts drifting back to the past.
“Do you really think you know your grandmother better than I do? Do you have any idea how much she favored sons over daughters twenty years ago? When your eldest uncle had two girls, she practically pushed him out of the family! She hounded me for years because I only had one son. Don’t be fooled by how indifferent she seems toward Samuel–she actually cherishes him deeply. The only reason she doted on you was because neglecting your cousin led to a tragedy. You were nothing more than her way of easing her guilt!”
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