Silas struck Anna across the face with brutal force. "You are an adult. You are responsible for your own actions and your own words. Whether she manipulated you or not, you were the one who committed the act. The responsibility falls on you."
The slap was so powerful that half of Anna's face instantly swelled up, a trickle of blood leaking from the corner of her mouth.
She clutched her cheek, wailing in agony.
"You are an absolute monster," Silas spat, unable to muster even a shred of pity for his daughter. "How did the Vinton family raise such a heartless, vicious creature? You tricked Serena into a lethal car race to try and take her life, and I haven't even settled that score with you yet. And now, you dare poison your own grandfather?!"
"He is your grandfather! Your own flesh and blood who practically raised you!"
Silas had never been particularly affectionate toward his daughter, but he had spared no expense on her upbringing and education.
Furthermore, his parents had personally raised her. With the best tutors in the world, she shouldn't have turned out this twisted.
But it was undeniably clear now—Anna was rotten to her very core.
Clapping a hand over her bruised face, Anna sobbed hysterically. "Dad, I was the victim at the racetrack!"
"Serena played me! She tricked me into signing a Lethal Liability Waiver for that death race! I almost died on that track!"
"And... and she forced me to strip! She took humiliating photos and videos of me! My reputation is completely ruined! If those leak, the Vinton family will be the ones humiliated!"
Anna sounded profoundly wronged. "When Serena did all of that, she didn't care at all about the consequences it would bring to our family..."
"Dad, I'm your biological daughter! I've suffered so much, and she forced my hand! Why are you defending her?! That bitch wants to destroy me, she wants to destroy the Vinton..."

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