When Cindy was done yelling, she turned to me. "Why did you do that, Wanda Lane?”
My belly was aching, and I was eager to go upstairs and rest. Not wanting to deal with her, I said, "All the reasons you can think of are the reasons why I did so, Miss Reed."
"You vicious woman!” Had it not been for Miss Woods, Cindy would have pounced at me. "Why are you framing my mother over and over again? Is it because you hate me?"
Her words nearly had me in fits of laughter. "You take yourself too seriously, Miss Reed. You're not worth my effort to frame your mother. Besides, do you even know what framing means? Your mother has done so many evil deeds, so that’s not framing. That's her getting what she deserves.”
"Shut up!" Cindy probably did not know if she was trying to fool others or herself. "My mother didn't do anything, so why did you frame her? First, you snatched Theo away from me. Now, you're trying to make me lose my parents. Do you really loathe me this much?"
She started crying as she spoke, her emotions breaking down completely.
I looked coldly at her. "I hope you can look at what you have done first before questioning others, Miss Reed. Stop thinking that you can hurt others but you don't deserve to be hurt in return."
Cindy knew I was referring to the fact that she and her mother had killed my baby, so she viciously said," No one hurt you. You're the one who broke your promise first. You agreed to abort the child but didn’t. The child deserved to die! You can’t blame anyone for i t!"
There was no way anyone would not be mad at those words.
I pushed Miss Woods aside and walked up to Cindy, staring at her with a sullen gaze. "I don't care what you think but who are you to say that my child deserved to die?
"I want both of you to pay for what you've done.
However, I’ll not do the same cruel thing you did. I’ll punish you and your mother through proper legal means."
I did not give Cindy the chance to speak and continued, "Rather than wasting your time speaking nonsense with me, why don't you use the time to go back and spend time with your mother? The police will soon take her away and she'll be charged with bribery, intentional murder, and plundering money. All the properties and assets she owns will be taken b y the local authorities. She’ll be left with nothing and spend the rest of her life in prison. Do you think you'll live a carefree life in the Louises without your mother's protection?"
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Scrambling to Be the Father of His Ex-Wife's Kid