Chapter 308 A Family in Ruins


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    Susan really was out of options.


    Seeing Lillian coughing up so much blood, looking like a walking corpse, it was clear she wasn’t going tost much longer.


    “Our family is in desperate need of a doctor, Ms. Miller. Can you please say some kind words to Ste?<b>” </b>


    But the words “need a doctor” immediately set Tessa off.


    Her eyes shed with disgust, and without a second thought, she followed Ste’s instructions. and kicked Susan off her leg.


    At that very moment, Reba stepped out of a car holding a baby and witnessed the whole thing.


    Tessa snapped, “Madam Susan, I don’t understand. Lillian almost killed Ste, and yet you’re still…”


    “No, it was a misunderstanding. Really a misunderstanding,” Susan interrupted, shaking her head in anguish.


    Tessa scoffed. “A misunderstanding? Then why did Lillian run away?”


    “It was us. We didn’t want to make a scene. We forced Ste to leave. It was all our doing. You can tell her she can punish us however she wants <i </i>


    Right now we just need her to help with the


    treatment.”


    Susan pleaded desperately.


    Tessa rolled her eyes. “And then what? You’ll cancel her card again? Close her studio? Throw her out of Rivermount?”


    Wasn’t that what they didst time?


    The Reed family went that <i>far </i>for an adopted daughter.


    Tessa’s disgust deepened.


    “You <b>people </b>don’t even know who’s family and who’s not.”


    With that, she lost all patience and walked away.


    Susan <b>panicked </b>when she saw her leaving. “Ms. Miller, please!”


    Just <b>as </b>she lunged forward, Reba stepped in her path.


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    Reba held the baby and gave her a mocking smile. “She’s right. You can’t tell the difference. between real family and not.”


    “You… Reba, don’t go too far.”


    “I’m going too far? I’m holding your biological grandson.”


    Since the baby had been brought home, <i>Susan </i>had been distant–even refusing <i>to </i>look <i>at </i>him<i>. </i>


    The baby’s grandfather had held the child at least twice, bought toys, and even given 1 million and 370 thousand dors to raise him.


    And what had Susan done?


    Reba said coldly, “Looks like the girl was right. Your heart has always been with your adopted daughter. Did you really want her to marry Jonathan? Then why drag Ms. Sharon into it? Trying to keep everything in the family while ruining someone else’s life?”


    After the fight with Sharon, I had done some serious digging.


    And what <i>I </i>found…


    Jonathan appreciated his so–<i>called </i>sister, and so <i>did </i><i>Susan</i>,


    “How dare you mention Sharon, you bitch!”


    The chaos between Reba and the Parker family had already driven the Parker side to attack the Reeds.


    Susan hadpletely lost it.


    The Reed family was now in total disarray, and Reba insisted on moving into the mansion.


    The ones who suffered the most were Susan Carter and Lillian Reed.


    Tessa had just left the manor when her phone rang.


    “Mom? It’s not time yet. You’re not supposed to call for allowance this early.”


    When it came to her mother, Tessa honestly didn’t know how to feel.


    <i>We </i><i>rarely </i>talked unless it was about money. Every time she called, it was to ask if the deposit had arrived.


    “Go to the airport and <b>pick </b>up a document for me.”


    “Be good I’ll <b>text </b>you the number <b>lust </b>call when you get there


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    already cut off.


    ssic my mom.


    Never one for extra words.


    Right after the call ended, buzz, a text came in with the number.


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    Tessa sighed. She’d been on her way back to the office but ended up turning the car around and heading for the airport.


    Just as she got on the expressway, her phone buzzed again.


    She checked the screen. Unknown number.


    Assuming it was the airport contact, she picked it up. “Hello?”


    “It’s me.”


    Ethan’s voice came over the line.


    Tessa froze. This <i>guy </i><i>again</i><i>? </i><i>Seriously</i>?


    She didn’t hesitate to hang up.


    But Ethan spoke first. “You can get in touch with Ste, can’t you?”


    “What’s your point?”


    Was it to get me to plead with Ste again <i>for </i>Lillian?


    <i>Were </i>they <i>all </i>blind<i>? </i><i>Did </i>I <i>look </i>like the kind <i>of </i>person <i>who </i>would stand up for a fake innocent like <i>Lillian</i><i>? </i>


    Ethan’s voice was heavy and strained over the static. “Do you know when she’sing back to Rivermount?”


    Or… <i>if </i><i>she’ll </i>evere back?


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