Olivia looked up quickly upon hearing that voice. She saw Lyla looking at her weakly. The moment Lyla saw her face, the little girl’s eyes suddenly lit up."Mommy! It's really you!"Then, Lyla’s bottom lip started to tremble as she began to cry aggrievedly. "Mommy, I miss you so much. Do you not want me anymore?"Olivia's heart twitched violently, and she hurriedly pulled her small body into her arms."Silly girl, why would Mommy not want you? Mommy can’t wait to give all my love to you, why would I not want Lyla?""But… Mommy, you haven’t been home for a long time, and you wouldn’t video call with me. I think Mommy doesn't want me anymore..."Lyla's every word pierced deeply like a thousand needles into Olivia's heart as she clenched her hands tightly."Mommy won't do this again. I will never do this again."With that said Olivia let go of Lyla and wiped away her daughter’s tears. "Lyla, does it still hurt?"Lyla shook her head. "With Mommy here, I’m not afraid of pain.""
Olivia's mind was in chaos. She was clueless on what else she could do, or what she should do next.Bad things befell Lyla one after another since she came to Ocean City. Olivia felt both guilty and frustrated.Her frustration was almost all related to John.However, John is lying in the ICU now, so what could she blame him for?The famous richest man in Ocean City ended up like this. His power and status seemed to be spent only on torturing her, but he is nothing when it comes to protecting her and Lyla.So what if Olivia’s angry? What else can she do?In the end, the only thing she can be angry with was herself.She hammered her thigh hard. "Why am I so useless? Why can't I do anything well? Why am I just a pawn in other people’s games? Why?"Fred frowned, stepped forward, and hugged her. "Liv, it has nothing to do with you. This is not your fault.""They're all targeting Lyla. This time it's just food poisoning, maybe the next time it will be..."As she spoke, Olivia tugge
After Ms. York left, Olivia leaned back on the wheelchair with downcast eyes and let out a long sigh.‘Could it be Hera again?‘I haven't heard from Hera for a long time since the last time we met on the street.‘Is she pacified now because John is in custody? Or is she just waiting in the shadows?’"Freddy, I'm a little hungry. Could you please help me buy something to eat? Could you buy some for Lyla as well?""Okay, stay right here and wait for me to come back."Olivia nodded obediently. "Well, I’ll stay here. I won’t go anywhere."As soon as Fred was out the door, Olivia took out her mobile phone, found Hera's number, and dialed it.To her surprise, the number she called turned out to be invalid.‘Invalid? How could it be an invalid number?’Then, she called Aaron Summers instead, but his phone was turned off...The last time she tried, she could not find Aaron, and now the numbers she had dialed were either invalid or turned off. This made her panic.‘Is something wron
Originally, Olivia planned to wait for Lyla to wake up before asking her to confirm the details. Unexpectedly, she received another call before Lyla woke up.Moreover, this time it was from the police station."Hello, are you Sam Ginger's guardian?"Olivia was startled and quickly responded. "Yes, I am his mother. What happened?""You need to come to the police station. Sam smashed several teachers' cars.""What? Smashed the teachers’ car? Is this a mistake?""We’ve checked the surveillance footage. There’s no mistake."Olivia delayed no further after the police said so. She hung up and immediately called Fred asking him to take her to the police station."Liv, I'll go. You stay here with Lyla.""I called Mrs. Simmons. She will be here soon, no worries."Olivia could not help but feel a little nervous about Lyla getting food poisoning and Sam in police custody all in one afternoon. She had to be there in person.She understood Sam's personality well. He would never smash the
“Fred, stop!”Olivia immediately grabbed Fred’s hand and shook her head to stop him from taking action.Fred had just been released on bail. If he got into trouble again, he would definitely be targeted, and it would make it harder to clear his charges. “Pheebs.”How could Fred just watch as his older sister was being bullied?Noticing that he was still reluctant, Olivia gave him a stern look.With Olivia glaring at him, Fred did not dare to act. All he could do was snort coldly and pull his hand away.Olivia ignored his displeasure and turned to look up at the aggressive fat woman. “Did Sam injure your son?”“Yes!”The fat woman seemed to still be fuming. She raised her hand to hit Olivia again.However, her hand was stopped in mid-air.“Billy’s Mom, what are you doing? We agreed to discuss this civilly, so why have you lost your temper again?”Olivia recognized the person who spoke. He was Sam’s homeroom teacher, a young man named Mr. Leeds.‘I wonder if Sam had scratch
“You brat! What nonsense are you going on about? When did we ever bully you or your sister? Stop spreading lies!”The fat woman was also annoyed by this. “My son bullied you and your sister? Don’t make up such elaborate lies! Ask everyone present. Does anyone believe what you claim?”“I do!”Before the fat woman could finish speaking, Olivia answered resolutely. “I believe him!”For a moment, everyone fell silent and stared at her aggressively. It was as if they were thinking of how they would refute her.“What does that matter? You’re his mother, so naturally, you would protect him!”Olivia glanced up at all of them, gently squeezed Sam’s trembling hand, then said to him softly, “Don’t be afraid. I believe you. I will stand by your side.” Then, she turned to look at the police officer approaching them.“May I see the video of my son damaging the cars?”Upon hearing this, the police officer nodded and turned to show Olivia the video.“We have conclusive evidence regarding th
“You!”Fred wanted to step forward to stop her but was stopped by Olivia.“Mr. Leeds, how do you intend to deal with this matter? Are you going to wait until I find out what happened before suing them for slandering and bullying my son?”Mr. Leeds was a smart man. He knew that even after suffering a loss, the rich were still better off than ordinary people, so he understood immediately.“Billy’s Mom, get up, quick. This is the police station, not the school. If you continue to cause trouble, you will be locked up.”Billy’s mother was still reluctant, so Mr. Leeds added, “When the time comes, you will have been the unreasonable one, and that would only worsen the situation. I will definitely give you an answer regarding this matter. Trust me, okay?”Once she heard this, Billy’s mother glared at Olivia then got up helplessly.“I demand an explanation for what happened today!”Olivia did not want to argue with her at all, so she just glanced at her uncaringly. “Explanation? Of c
The situation was actually very simple. It was nothing more than these teachers collectively excluding Sam and Lyla. Even when they were being bullied by their classmates, the teachers turned a blind eye. There were many rumors about Olivia. On top of that, Lyla was poisoned and hospitalized. All of this annoyed Sam.However, the question still stood: why did the teachers and classmates behave like this? It was as if it was all organized and premeditated.‘Is someone instigating this from behind the scenes?‘Hera?’However, Olivia felt that this did not make sense.After John’s accident, Hera disappeared, so she had no reason to cause any more trouble.However, Olivia genuinely could not think of anyone else.Dorothy was still in the mental hospital and had not been able to leave at all.Who else could it be?Olivia’s head was about to explode, but she could not figure out why.Unexpectedly, that night, she received a phone call.“Phoebe, are you not ashamed of yourself? Why