Vivian didn't dodge the blow. She closed her eyes and let Catherine vent her anger.
However, the purse didn't reach her. Catherine's face was drenched with tears. She didn't want to be like this. Such shrewish behavior appalled her. It felt degrading to beat and scold another adult, but Vivian pushed her to her limit.
"Have you ever seen me as your mother?" Catherine cried.
Vivian didn't know how to answer. She had planned to leave after exacting her revenge. She hadn't considered Catherine's feelings at all. If Vivian really cared about Catherine and her feelings, she probably wouldn't have done any of that in the first place. So the answer was probably no.
But faced with Catherine's distress right now, Vivian felt ashamed.
She used a grieving mother, and that was the fact she could never change.
Catherine pursed her lips and raised a hand to slap Vivian's face. She broke down and asked bitterly, "Did we teach you to be such a heartless person?"
Afraid that the situation would escalate, Janet was about to step in when the door opened, and Sean entered the room.
"Mrs. Larson, Mrs. White, Mr. Larson asked me to inform you that we can just deliver Vivian to the Turners. Vivian used and betrayed the Turner family. Luke Turner will punish her. You don't have to dirty your hands."
Sean then stepped in front of Catherine and said,
"Mrs. Turner, we will return Vivian to you later. You may do whatever you wish with her then. But you should not lose your temper in the Larson Group."
Catherine restrained herself. She turned to Janet and Johanna and said, "Thank you for coming all the way to tell me about this. We will deal with Vivian. She won't be able to hurt anyone again."
Johanna nodded. Janet seemed slightly dazed.
She was certain that Vivian was still hiding something, and this made her uneasy. But Sean had already asked his men to send Vivian and Catherine back to the Turner family.
"Are you thinking about Vivian? You seem absentminded," Johanna asked as she and Janet left the interrogation room arm in arm. She was certain something was wrong
"It just happened so fast. Before I could react, Vivian was taken away." As she finished speaking, Janet spotted Brandon standing nearby. "Mom, I need to check on Brandon."
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