For years, she had yearned for her father''s love, but Larry had never given her any. That was why, in her despair, she hade to hate him-though it hadn''t always


    been this way.


    After hearing her words, Larry was left speechless. For a fleeting moment, his eyes grew moist.


    So Fiona and Elowen had been bullying her all this time?


    Once, Larry would never have believed such a thing. But now, with clear evidence that Elowen had scarred Amara''s face, any other bullying hardly seemed surprising.


    The thought that Amara had lost her mother so young and then suffered so much injustice now left Larry, her own father, utterly at a loss. All he could feel was a deep, aching sorrow.


    Amara brushed away her tears, unwilling to say anything more. She turned and walked away.


    She didn''t n to leave the Sullivan family home just yet; there were some things she needed to pack. She headed upstairs to her own room.


    Footsteps followed her-Elowen hade after her, her tone icy and menacing. "Amara, how dare you hit me."


    Elowen had never been one to look at the big picture. In her mind, that p was all that mattered. She pressed a hand to her still-burning cheek, ring at Amara with bitter resentment.


    Just then, Fiona caught up with them. Realizing things were quickly getting out of hand, she grabbed Elowen''s arm and whispered urgently, "Not now. Let''s go."


    But Elowen had always been headstrong. If she were the obedient type, she wouldn''t be in this situation in the first ce. She refused to leave, staying rooted to the spot, her eyes filled with hatred for Amara.


    Amara ignored Elowen and turned to Fiona with a cold, mocking smile. "You never had an ex-husband. blower is the child you had with my father You''re the one who got pregnant before marriage-the one who brought disgrace on herself.”


    Seeing Fiona''s face drain of color, Amara continued, "Do you know how I found out?


    It was your precious daughter Elowen who told me herself. She came to me,


    bragging that she was my real sister."


    Amara let out a derisiveugh.


    “I should really thank Elowen. If it weren''t for her, I wouldn''t have had the chance to


    expose your dirty secret in front of everyone."


    Of course, Amara had learned through other means that Elowen was Larry''s biological daughter. But some time ago, when Elowen was being kept under watch by Larry, she had actually boasted about into Amara so Amara used it, knowing it


    would hurt Fiona all the more.


    As expected, Fiona stared at Elowen in disbelief and hissed, "You told her?"


    Elowen was startled. Was it really such a serious matter? Suddenly, she didn''t dare say a word.


    Seeing her reaction, Fiona understood immediately and snapped, "How could you be so stupid? Do you think airing your mother''s shame is going to do us any good? Now people are going to look down on us!"


    Fiona was furious-she could hardly believe that someone as shrewd as herself could have such a foolish daughter.


    Any dignity she''d once had in front of Amara was nowpletely gone.


    Amara fixed Elona with a steely gaze. Remembering the usations Fiona had just hurled at her, she lowered her voice and said, “Don''t forget what you did to me. If you don''t want my father to find out about it, you''d better behave yourself. No more lies."