As soon as she said this, the atmosphere in the living room became tense.
“No!”
“No way!”
Joel and Tanya’s voices were heard at the same time, causing Heather to frown.She did not dare to
speak to Joel but looked directly at Tanya.
“How can you speak to your mother-in-law like this ? Although that woman wasn’t your biological
mother, you grew up in the Joneses.You should know basic manners, right? Who taught you to
address your elders so loudly?!”
Tanya’s chest heaved up and down as she looked at Heather and said slowly, “I know you’re
dissatisfied with me, but Mia is the daughter I’ve been looking for for five years.I definitely won’t be
separated from her now!”
Heather lowered her head.
“Speaking of which, I have to criticize you even more.Tanya, how can you call yourself a mother?
How did you lose the child and let her get picked up by Hillary? You helped her bewitch our family
for so many years! Besides, I heard that she even abused the child?! This is all because you didn’t
take good care of the child!”
Every word she said was like a knife, a knife that stabbed into Tanya’ s heart.She had felt guilty for
five years.She even wanted to torture Hillary after seeing Mia’s injuries…
Although Hillary was already dead, Tanya was still having frequent nightmares.She would often
dream that Mia had been lost again.She would usually wake up in the middle of the night and rush
to Mia’s room.She would only calm down after seeing Mia safe and sound.
Therefore, she had no way of refuting this sentence! Seeing that she was stuttering, Heather was
about to continue speaking when Joel suddenly rushed to Tanya and said, “I’m the child’s father.The
child grew up under my watch, but I didn’t protect her well.In that case, I’m more responsible! Are
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtyou going to scold me now?”
How could Heather dare to scold him like this? Their relationship had not been terrible since Joel
was young.
After Joel became the leader, his aura became stronger, and she did not dare to offend him! She
said, “You’re so busy with work and have to take care of the company.It’s fine that you’re a little
careless.Besides, if Tanya had not lost the child, this wouldn’t have happened.How can you be
blamed? Tanya isn’t a qualified mother!”
“Heh!” Joel sneered.
“Then are you a qualified mother? What right do you have to criticize Tanya?”
Heather pursed her lips.
Amos instantly threw the teacup in his hand on the coffee table.
“Joel, how can you speak to your mother like this? We’re doing this for Mia’s sake! We’re her
grandparents, how can we hurt her? Besides, you’re not by our side all year round and follow
behind lan every day.Shouldn’t your daughter be living with us?”
When Joel heard this, he sneered.
He lowered his eyes and suddenly said, “Are you sure you want to take Mia overseas with you for
her own good? For company? Isn’t it so that you can ask me for money?”
His words pierced through their thoughts.
Heather’s face instantly turned red.
Amos stood up angrily.
“Joel, how can you say that? Do we have such a crude image in your heart?!”
“Isn’t that so?”
A sarcastic smile hung on Joel’s lips.
Nora, who was at the door, instantly understood.
It turned out that Amos and Heather insisted on taking Mia with them because they were worried
that after they went overseas, Joel would not give them any money? As long as Mia was by their
side, they wouldn’t be afraid that Joel wouldn’t recognize them as his parents, right? Nora frowned.
What kind of strange parents were they?! It was no wonder that her brother did not have a good
relationship with his parents.
Joel looked straight at Amos, whose aura weakened again…
Right at this point…
Bam!
lan suddenly smashed the teacup in his hand hard on the ground with a loud noise.He slowly raised
his head and looked at Amos with a pair of eagle-like sharp eyes.His voice was very cold.
“Amos, I didn’t expect you to still be so shameless after so many years’ When you leave, the Smiths
will definitely give you a huge settling amount.No matter how much you spend in this life, it’ll be
enough! Why are you still so greedy?”
When Amos heard this, he swallowed hard and said slowly, “lan, that’s not what I mean.Everyone
knows that the days of the extended family are getting worse with each generation.Your sister-in-
law and I adopted another daughter.She’s going to get married in the future too.We must give it to
her and her children…”
At this point, Heather poked his arm.
Amos finally realized that he had gone too far.It was indeed unreasonable to ask Joel for money
and leave it to his adopted daughter.
Therefore, he shut his mouth.
On the other hand, Heather suddenly said, “lan, it’s really not that Amos and I are unreasonable.It’s
just that it’s really inappropriate for Mia to stay in the country.I have a video here for you to see!”
With that, she took out her phone and opened a video before handing it to lan.
Joel and Tanya walked behind lan and looked at it together.
Nora raised her eyebrows and walked over slowly too.She wanted to see what Heather was up to
now.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe video was from Mia’s kindergarten.
A group of children was playing with Legos..
Mia sat alone in a small corner, building a princess toy.
However, there were a few pieces missing.She stood up and walked to the Lego box.She was
about to look for the missing parts.
However, as soon as she walked over, the children immediately dispersed.
“Mia’s grandfather is a murderer! We don’t want to play with her!”
“My mother said that murderers have lunacy in their genes.It’s contagious.Mia, stay away from us!”
“That’s right! Stay away from us!”
“A murderer’s granddaughter is a small murderer.Will Mia kill people in the future?”
“My mother said she would.She might go crazy one day!”
“Ah! It’s too scary! Boohoo, I don’t want to die!”
The children were chattering and screaming.
No one attacked Mia, but their actions made her feel hurt.
The little girl looked at the group of people in a daze.She waved her hands.
“Don’t be afraid.I won’t kill anyone.Really…I really won’t kill anyone…”
“I don’t believe you! Anyway, I won’t play with you! I won’t be your friend either!”
“Me too.Mia, go away.We don’t want to talk to you!”
The world of children was very simple, so their words were even more hurtful.
If it was between adults, Tanya would not care about these words, but Mia would.She was already
sensitive and fragile.
Mia lowered her head and felt like she could not ever raise it up.
Mia then sighed silently and returned to her seat.
However, as soon as she walked back, she realized that someone had broken the lego toy she had
made.She looked at it in a daze.
Finally, she sat in the corner alone and lowered her head in frustration.She did not say anything
else.