Helen rushed to Abbie’s apartment while feeling furious. Abbie opened the door upon hearing the doorbell ringing. She was stunned upon seeing Helen standing at the door with a stern look and asked, “What’s up?”
“Why are you asking the obvious?” Helen gritted her teeth and questioned with a furious tone. She closed the door and grabbed Abbie’s hand before taking a seat in the living room. “Do come clean to me. What happened to your leg? Did you truthfully injure yourself by accident?”
Abbie knew that the secret had been revealed upon noticing Helen’s facial expression. She lowered her head and remained silent. Helen poked her head and asked, “Why are you not speaking up for yourself?”
Abbie pursed her lips and said, “What is there to say?”
“Why is there no hint of guiltiness from you?” Helen glared at her and questioned further, “Why are you still having any business with Michael? Don’t you know how despicable his mother is? Aren’t you aware that he is the ex-boyfriend of Azalea? Are you trying to piss me and your dad off?”
“Mummy, I shall come clean to you since you are already aware of it. I like Michael and the feeling is mutual. I want to marry him!”
“I dare you to say that again!” Helen raised her voice.
“I adore Michael very much. I will take his hand in marriage no matter what!” Abbie repeated her opinion without feeling intimidated at all.
Helen was so mad that her face was seen to be fuming with anger. She gave Abbie a slap and shouted, “You piece of shit! How can you be so stubborn when your father and I have pampered you so much? I will definitely beat you to death today!”
One side of Abbie’s face turned red due to the hit. Helen did not slap her again as she did not have the heart to do so. She said sternly, “It is impossible for you to be with Michael!”
“Why not?”
“Why are you asking me such a despicable question? Don’t you know the attitude of Meadow? Are you unaware of the history between Michael and Azalea? You need not forget that you are the precious daughter of the Clark family. You would be bullied by Meadow after you have married into the Davis family. It is clear that you have no self-respect. However, have you forgotten about the feelings of me, your father, and Richard? Do you intend to embarrass us?”
“I genuinely like Michael very much and I really want to become a married couple with him. What should I do then?”
“Absolutely not! Your father and I will never agree to this idea! I shall pretend that such a conversation did not happen today and I will continue to play dumb. Things would be ugly should your father knows about this.”
“Mummy, I can’t continue if he is out of the picture!”
“There is no such thing as not being able to live without someone else. You are now reacting based on current feelings and you are being blinded by love. Abbie, you can try to interact with others and you would gradually forget about Michael. I will arrange a blind date session for you as soon as possible. There are so many good men out there and you will certainly forget Michael real soon!” Helen persuaded her.
“Mummy! I am unable to forget him! I am already his… I can only marry him and not others!” Abbie decided to go all out.
“What? You have already…” Helen looked at Abbie in shock. Her chest was thumping with anger and she could no longer keep her cool. She slapped Abbie once again and roared, “How can you be so shameless?”
Valeria heard a loud slap upon opening the door. She was startled and quickly made her way to the living room. She shouted in surprise upon seeing the red mark on Abbie’s face, who was sitting on the softa of the living room, “Helen! Why would you hit Abbie?”
Helen did not expect Valeria to come over at such a timing. “Well… I…”
“Oh no, how could you lay a finger on Abbie? I am heartbroken seeing her like this!” Valeria swiftly pulled Abbie up from her seat without awaiting Helen’s reply. “Does it hurt? Your face is swollen. Helen, why would you go rough on Abbie instead of talking things out rationally? Abbie, come with me right now and I shall get ice to do a cold compression to treat your wound first.”
Valeria dragged Abbie into the kitchen without taking into account Helen’s reaction. Helen froze upon seeing Valeria, who was pregnant, bring Abbie into the kitchen with a worried look on her face.
Abbie was nevertheless Helen’s precious daughter that she had given birth to. How could Helen not feel sad when hitting Abbie? She could not control her emotions as she was fuming with anger which had eventually made her lose her cool.
Valeria’s presence had made Helen gradually calm down and recollected her emotions.
Helen went rough on Abbie as she was very furious. She now felt that she must have lost her mind after she had calmed down. How could the problem be solved by recklessly hitting Abbie?
Helen was well aware that Abbie was a stubborn person. It was useless to go rough on Abbie as she was already very comfortable with Michael. Helen could only come up with other ways to solve this problem.
Helen needed to ask Richard what was going on. She then got up from her seat and soon left Abbie’s apartment. She got on the car and instructed the driver, “Let’s make a trip to Richard’s company right now!”
Valeria finally got ahold of an ice cube and did a cold compression on Abbie’s face in the apartment. She asked in distress while attending to the wound, “Does it hurt?”
Abbie chuckled and replied, “Not quite! It is somewhat manageable.”
“You are indeed a silly person judging by how you still manage to laugh at your current situation. Why didn’t you avoid your mother’s beating? How could you be so stupid in sitting there while letting Helen lay a finger on you? She would have slapped you a few more times if it wasn’t for my arrival, right?”
“Your speculation is rather accurate. Helen would definitely continue to go physical on me if you did not come and visit me. She must be pissed off as I have just told her about my relationship with Michael.”
“Why did you tell her about this secret? Didn’t you plan to deal with it after Michael had completed his assigned task regarding the Davis family?”
“Helen is already aware of me dating Michael. She came to question me with a stern look on her face. I would have been dead meat either way and it is impossible for me to hide it forever. I then decided to come clean to her since she is already aware of the picture.”
“Who told Helen that you and Michael are currently seeing each other?”
“I can’t think of anyone else apart from Meadow and Azalea.”
Abbie removed the ice cube from her face and continued speaking, “There is a slim chance for Meadow to tell my mother about it. They have no business with each other after all. Hence, Azalea is the main suspect to be the busybody regarding this matter.”
“It must be Azalea! You should contact the servant at home to enquire whether she has gone home to visit Helen. She must be the culprit if she has been confirmed to get ahold of Helen.”
Abbie nodded and said, “Let me ask the servant about it then. I am not angry upon receiving a beating from Helen. However, it would be a different story should Azalea be the one who had badmouthed me. I am a vengeful person and I will go bonkers if I do not seek my revenge.”
Abbie made a call to the servant as she spoke. “Did Azalea happen to visit my mother today?”
“Abbie, you are absolutely right. How do you know about it?” The servant lowered her voice while speaking.
“Azalea is indeed a troublemaker but I have no idea what she had told Mrs. Clark about you. Your mother was fuming with anger upon having a conversation with her. I was just about to call in to give you a heads up but you have changed your contact number. Abbie, did Mrs. Clark give you a hard time?”
“You need not worry as I am doing fine!”
Abbie looked at Valeria after ending the phone call. “Azalea is indeed the culprit! That useless piece of shit! How could she be so cold-hearted? Azalea has framed me several times but I have always let bygones be bygones. I have decided to play the game differently this time. I shall showcase my capability to her without showing any mercy on her!”
It would be bizarre should Valeria stop Abbie from carrying out her revenge game. She desperately wanted to go physical on Azalea upon seeing the red mark on Abbie’s face. “Let’s act while the iron is still hot! We shall make a move right now and I shall accompany you to get ahold of her!”