Deborah’s voice was trembling. “How can I not be worried? What if something happens to Angel? We only have one grandchild. I don’t think I can live on if something happens to her.”
After that, she rushed over uncontrollably as soon as she saw Valeria and the others.
“The culprits! You’re all responsible!”
When the Howard family’s bodyguards saw Deborah rushing over, they immediately stepped forward to stop her.
Deborah couldn’t get close to Valeria and shouted angrily, “It’s all your fault! If you didn’t humiliate her like this, she wouldn’t be so reckless!”
“Mom, don’t say that. There are so many people here. Won’t it be shameful if you cause a ruckus here?” Callum advised.
“What?! I only have one granddaughter. If something happens to her, I won’t let you go! You’ll pay a hefty price for this!” Deborah glared at Valeria and the others.
Everyone understood Deborah’s feelings when they saw how emotional after what happened to Angel. Hence, they stayed silent for fear of provoking her.
Deborah cursed Valeria angrily, “You’re just a shameless whore! You tried to sow discord between us and frame Angel. If anything bad happens to Angel, I’ll definitely deal with you.”
Valeria frowned when she heard Deborah’s insults. Then, Hayden’s expression turned grim when he remembered how William had just ordered them not to get into a conflict with the Floyds. He tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. “Girls, let’s go!”
Deborah grew even angrier when she saw that all of them didn’t care about her at all. “Are you feeling guilty? You’re a bunch of vicious and detestable scoundrels!”
“Mom! It’s enough!” Callum stopped her.
“Why can’t I say anything? William had a good relationship with us and nothing happened. It was all because of this woman! She’s evil and shameless, which caused us to be in this current situation.”
“Why are you insulting us like this? Why don’t you look yourself in the mirror? Do you know what kind of person your granddaughter is? She is full of foul words and malicious intentions. Not only that, she even harmed a pregnant woman. Is she even human?” Abbie really couldn’t hold on any longer and she didn’t walk away anymore. Instead, she directly expressed her fury.
“What? What did you say?”
“I said that Angel is vicious, shameless, and vicious. If Valeria hadn’t stopped me today, I would’ve beaten her up.” Braelynn couldn’t help it anymore.
“You don’t even know how to raise your grandchild, and you even blamed others. Your family is really something. Don’t you feel ashamed? Valeria didn’t argue with you because she respects you for William’s sake. If it weren’t for him, do you really think you’re that important? What qualifications do you have to judge Valeria?”
“You…” Deborah was so angry that she trembled. Then, she pointed at Braelynn and said, “Today, you were the one who beat up Angel, right? Who do you think you are? How dare you attack Angel? What are you guys doing? Go and break her hands!”
“Mom! Stop it, let’s go and see Angel!” Callum could only stop her.
“No! I can’t let this go. Today, I will take revenge for Angel even if I have to sacrifice my life!” Deborah lost her temper and ordered the bodyguards, “Go! Go now!”
“Hehe! Madam Floyd, you’re so imposing!” Hayden, who hadn’t spoken all this while, sneered. “Let me give you a piece of advice! This isn’t the United States and you’re in B City now! We have strict laws and your way of doing things won’t work here!”
“You! Where did you get the courage to say these things to me?” Deborah fired at Hayden again. “My precious daughter has been killed by you, but you don’t feel guilty at all? How dare you speak to me like that? How shameless can you be?”
Hayden replied calmly to Deborah’s insults, “It’s true that I was wrong about Tilda’s matter and I didn’t protect her well! If you’re angry, you can come at me and I’ll handle any means you have. However, I can’t accept it if you target Valeria and her friends!”
“So you are the one behind all this? Are you treating Angel like this because you have Valeria behind your back?”
“Madam Floyd, you’re wrong. Firstly, I didn’t order Valeria and her friends to do anything. Secondly, we’ve never had any ill intentions towards anyone. The person with bad thoughts has always been Angel. Thirdly, your family’s affairs have nothing to do with us. As far as I know, generally speaking, vicious people are very thick-skinned and they would have a lot of schemes. They’ll do anything to hurt others, so my preliminary guess is that your granddaughter might have faked her suicide to gain sympathy.”
Hayden actually said that there was something fishy about Angel’s suicide and Deborah couldn’t take it anymore. “Listen to yourself! How could you say something like that? Angel has already ended up like this, so how could you say such heartless words?”
Callum’s face was very grim. “Wouldn’t it be humiliating for someone of your age to say that?”
“Do you feel that my words are very degrading? Did you feel uncomfortable when you insulted Valeria just now? What on earth did Valeria do to you? How could adults like both of you be so treacherous and scheming? You should have some sense of morality even though Valeria is a stranger to you, right? Besides, she’s pregnant now!”
“Hey, why are you talking about pregnant women? What has that got to do with this? Should I keep my mouth shut when Angel has been harmed?”
“Madam Floyd, do you have evidence to prove that we are the culprits? No? Anyone with a little morality and shame would not do such a thing! If she was really ashamed, she would not have waited for such a long time and she would have died on the spot!”
Hayden was implying that Angel was acting to gain sympathy. Abbie also chimed in to support him. “That’s right, the Floyd family is really shameless. Are you blaming us for the death of your family member just because you talked to us? We can’t afford to offend them! We should leave quickly! Otherwise, we can’t afford the consequences if anything happens!”
Braelynn laughed and Deborah was so angry that she stomped her feet. “You… you are going too far!”
“Dad, let’s go. Abbie needs to treat her wounds!” Valeria, who had been silent all along, said.
Hayden nodded. “Alright, let’s go! Let me say one more thing before we leave. You can do anything you want to me and I’ll tolerate it on behalf of Tilda. However, Valeria never owed the Floyd family anything. Please don’t vent your anger on her. I will never allow anyone to bully her!”
After that, they left directly and completely ignored the feelings of the Floyd family. Deborah thought that Hayden would look remorseful and ask for forgiveness, but she didn’t think that the situation would turn out this way. Hayden didn’t think of her feelings at all in order to protect Valeria. This was too infuriating.
Deborah was so angry that she gasped. “They are going too far! This is unacceptable!”
Callum gloomily stepped forward to hold Deborah’s arm. “Mom, don’t be angry. Let’s see Angel first. I will not allow Hayden to act so arrogantly towards us!”