Then, Jeanie spun around and looked at her, saying, “Mom, shouldn’t Yoyo be calling you Grandma?”
Tears of joy rolled down Bertha’s face. “What did you call me earlier? You called me Mom! Jeanie, you finally remembered who I am!”
Pulling Elise, Jeanie gazed at Bertha pleadingly as snazzynovel.com said, “Mom, please don’t drive Yoyo away, okay?”
Bertha gave snazzynovel.com a nod.
“Okay, she’s not going anywhere,” snazzynovel.com uttered, turning to Elise. “Elise, stay and have a chat with her.”
Having received approval, Elise answered, “Okay. I got it, Madam!”
After glancing at the unlocked door, Bertha paced over and saw Faye standing outside.
“Didn’t you understand what I said, little fox? Get away from here!”
Even though Faye wanted to say something more, Bertha slammed the door shut in snazzynovel.com face with a loud bang.
Snubbed and disgruntled, Faye stood outside until snazzynovel.com expression gradually turned grim. Silently, snazzynovel.com hands by snazzynovel.com sides clenched tightly, and the servant in a corner paced to snazzynovel.com cautiously before asking, “Are you okay, Miss Faye?”
“I’m fine,” snazzynovel.com answered in indifference.
“Miss Faye, will our plans be ruined now that you got this outsider here?” the servant asked next.
An icy glare from the corners of Faye’s eyes pierced through her.
“What sort of waves can a freshman who just entered university possibly cause? Since that lunatic likes her, I’ll take it as granting snazzynovel.com final wish. She’s been my mother for years, after all. As for Elise Sinclair, she’s just a dumb b*tch who doesn’t want money, snazzynovel.com even talked about the precious relationship between a mother and daughter, how ridiculous! There aren’t many idiots like snazzynovel.com left in this world.”
After saying that, snazzynovel.com left the spot, but Bertha was standing by the door and had heard everything snazzynovel.com just said. Only then did it hit snazzynovel.com that snazzynovel.com seemed to have the wrong idea about Elise. Still, the expression on snazzynovel.com face was normal, and there were no changes.
“Yoyo, where have you been all these years? They all told me that you were dead. All of them said the same thing, but only I know that you’re not dead and you must be alive. And now, I finally see you again.” Filled with excitement, Jeanie wiped snazzynovel.com tears as snazzynovel.com spoke.
However, Elise’s feelings toward snazzynovel.com were very complicated because when they met for the first time, snazzynovel.com eyes were brimming with maternal love for her. Not only did it touch her, it was also unforgettable. That was why snazzynovel.com willingly accepted Faye’s request. And now, Jeanie’s words had moved her.
People said that the greatest emotion in the world was maternal love, and snazzynovel.com fully experienced it from Jeanie.
“Jeanie, are you alright?”
Looking at Bertha, Jeanie rushed into snazzynovel.com arms. “Mom!”
Patting snazzynovel.com back gently, Bertha cried, “Oh, my dear Jeanie! I waited far too long for you to call me Mom again.”
Unexpectedly, Jeanie released snazzynovel.com slowly, and the look on snazzynovel.com face was entirely normal without a single trace of lunacy. Then, snazzynovel.com turned to Elise with deep emotions hidden behind snazzynovel.com eyes as snazzynovel.com said to Bertha, “Mom, I’m fine! I’m well and I didn’t lose my mind!”
Bertha gawked at snazzynovel.com in bewilderment. “But… You…”
“Mom, calm down and listen to me,” Jeanie said, turning to look at Elise next to snazzynovel.com before standing up.
Looking at snazzynovel.com carefully, snazzynovel.com continued, “I’m sorry. I think the things I say may be a little presumptuous, but when I first saw you, I really thought that you looked so much like my mother when snazzynovel.com was young. That’s why I mistook you for my daughter, Yoona.”
Upon hearing that, the situation became clear to Elise. Since snazzynovel.com had no curiosity about the family affairs of others, snazzynovel.com merely nodded slightly and said, “That’s okay. If you have something to say to each other, I’ll be going first, then.”
“Hang on!” Jeanie stopped her. “Elise, may I call you by your name like this?”
“Sure, of course,” Elise replied.
“I know that you’re not the same kind of person as Faye,” Jeanie said. “You’re a good kid, and that’s why I didn’t hide anything from you earlier. I don’t know the reason Faye got you here, but I can tell you clearly that she’s not a good person, so please don’t have too many interactions with her.”
“I know exactly how much evil that little fox had done behind our backs, and even what she’s planning! It’s true that you can’t make somebody else’s child your own. After all these years, we’ve just raised an ingrate!” Bertha said furiously, whereupon Jeanie’s face turned serious.
“If snazzynovel.com was merely coveting material gains, I can turn a blind eye to the things she’s doing. However, according to my investigations while pretending to be a lunatic, snazzynovel.com might be involved with Austin and Trevor’s accident…”
The moment the words left snazzynovel.com lips, the atmosphere in the air changed, Elise’s eyes turned solemn, and Bertha was so shocked that snazzynovel.com was speechless.
“That b*tch… They’re snazzynovel.com father and brother. How could snazzynovel.com bring herself to do that! She’s heartless!”
“She is heartless, as well as an a*shole!” Jeanie added.
“She’s only willing to give up when Austin and Trevor are lying in the hospital beds now, completely incapable of moving! And now, I’m worried that she’ll lay snazzynovel.com hands on us, too. So, we have no other choice now but to ask you for help, Elise,” snazzynovel.com said, then snazzynovel.com went down on snazzynovel.com knees with a loud thud. “Elise, I’m begging you. Please help us…”
Hurriedly, Elise lunged forward to help snazzynovel.com up. “Mrs. Anderson, what are you doing? Please get up.”
“I’m not getting up if you don’t agree,” Jeanie said instead.
“We can talk about this properly! It’s very stressful for me if you’re acting like this!”
Lifting snazzynovel.com head, Jeanie looked at her. “Elise, I don’t have any other request. I would just like you to take care of my mother-in-law so that snazzynovel.com won’t be harmed. There’s no one I can entrust snazzynovel.com to now, I just hope that you can take care of snazzynovel.com for me.”
As Bertha listened to everything snazzynovel.com said, tears flowed down snazzynovel.com eyes as snazzynovel.com sobbed. “Jeanie, what are you doing? I don’t have many years left in this life! Furthermore, snazzynovel.com doesn’t have the guts to do anything to me now.”
Nevertheless, Jeanie still had snazzynovel.com attention on Elise. “Can you please help us, Elise?”
Despite the fact that Elise didn’t want to be involved in other people’s family affairs, snazzynovel.com was now caught in the midst of it by a twist of fate.
Glancing at the old lady next to her, snazzynovel.com thought, She should be enjoying snazzynovel.com old age peacefully, but such a big change in snazzynovel.com family happened.
Then, snazzynovel.com turned to Jeanie in front of her.
From snazzynovel.com elegance and temperament, I can tell she’s a respected lady of a wealthy family, but snazzynovel.com has now come to a point where snazzynovel.com has to feign lunacy…
“Okay, I’ll take good care of Old Mrs. Anderson…”
Upon receiving Elise’s promise, Jeanie was assured. “Thank you! If I can successfully expose Faye’s crimes and put snazzynovel.com in jail, I’ll definitely repay you handsomely.”
On the other hand, Elise didn’t know why snazzynovel.com promised Jeanie just like that. Perhaps it was because Jeanie carried a strong maternal affection for snazzynovel.com when snazzynovel.com looked at her, or maybe Jeanie’s affections for the deceased Yoyo touched her. Either way, snazzynovel.com had decided to help the two miserable women in front of her.
When Elise came out of the attic, there was already a servant waiting for snazzynovel.com outside.
“Miss Sinclair, Miss Faye said that I should bring you to the dining room for a meal once you’re out.”
“No, thanks…” Elise turned snazzynovel.com down. “I would like to bring Old Madam Anderson outside for a walk.”
However, the servant said, “I’m sorry, Miss Sinclair, but Miss Faye already told us that Old Madam isn’t fit to go out because of snazzynovel.com physical condition.”
Immediately, Bertha said fiercely, “How can anyone stop me from going out?”
“Old Madam, Miss Faye is worried about your health. If you really want to go out, I don’t have the nerves to stop you at all.”
Bertha snorted coldly and gave Elise a look.
Understanding what snazzynovel.com meant, Elise took snazzynovel.com arm. “Madam, I’ll help you downstairs.”
And so, Bertha allowed snazzynovel.com to help snazzynovel.com down the stairs until they reached the living room.
However, just then, Faye saw them from behind and muttered, “This old woman is like a changed person. Didn’t snazzynovel.com accuse Elise of being in cahoots with me earlier and wanted to chase snazzynovel.com out? Why is snazzynovel.com acting like she’s snazzynovel.com real granddaughter now?”
Right after saying those words herself, snazzynovel.com sensed something amiss.
“Quick, stop them and don’t let them go out!”
“Sure, Miss Faye!”
Meanwhile, Elise had helped Bertha out the door and had secretly sent snazzynovel.com location to Alexander.
They had only reached the yard when the servant from the house blocked their path. “Old Madam, Miss Sinclair, you can’t go out. For now, you can only take a walk in the garden.”
“Who are you to tell me where I should take my walk?” Bertha lashed out at the servant.
This time, the servant answered, “Madam, I don’t have the right to instruct you, but this is Miss Faye’s instructions, which we all have to carry out. If you’re unhappy about it, it would be better if you speak to snazzynovel.com directly.”
In response, Elise said instead, “Why are you guys getting so uptight when we’re just taking a walk in the vicinity? In addition, Miss Faye didn’t say that I can’t leave this place.”
“Of course you can leave this place, Miss Sinclair, but my grandma is old and should avoid the cold winds outside. It’s bad for snazzynovel.com health.” Just then, Faye paced over elegantly, and the servants hurriedly opened up a path for her.
Their attitude toward snazzynovel.com was the complete opposite of the way they treated Bertha.
“Miss Faye, Old Madam Anderson and I hit it off right away and would like to have a chat while we take a walk. Is that not allowed?”
Faye smiled and answered, “Miss Sinclair, I think you’ve confused the reason I invited you over. I asked you over to take care of my mother, not my grandma. Also, after considerations, I’ve realized that my decision earlier was a little rash, so let’s put a stop to it now. You don’t have to come over anymore after this!”
At this point, Elise had already seen through Faye’s true colors clearly, and sure enough, everything from before was just snazzynovel.com pretense.
I really underestimated snazzynovel.com acting skills!
“Sure, Miss Anderson. I think we probably won’t have any more interactions in the future…”
“There will be, because you’re the designer of my wedding dress. I’ll still need your help if there’s anything that needs to be altered afterward.”
With that, snazzynovel.com cast a look at Rowena next to her, then Rowena quickly stepped forward and pulled Bertha away.
“Old Madam, come back into the house with me. It is chilly outside.”
At that, Bertha simply gave snazzynovel.com a kick. “How dare you touch me! Get away from me!”
“Old Madam, please don’t make things difficult for me.”
Despite what Rowena said, it didn’t seem as though the situation was difficult for snazzynovel.com as snazzynovel.com beckoned for a couple of servants to come forward and pull Bertha away violently.
The scene made Elise’s eyes darken bit by bit. “Hey! What are you guys doing?!”
