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Ch. 73 HER CARING GRANDFATHER

Emily's POV

Linda's cruel words struck a nerve, and I struggled to keep my rising anger in check. "Shut the fuck up," I snapped. "It's not my fault your daughter couldn't keep a man. Robert was mine first, before your little whore stole him away from me, and she doesn't have what it takes to keep a man; that's why he wants me back."

The sound of Linda's palm cracking across my cheek reverberated through the room, the force of the slap sending me staggering backward.

"Watch your tongue, you ungrateful brat," she snarled, her voice all sharp edges. "I begged my husband to take you in when no one else would, if it was left to him, you would have been sent to an orphanage."

I held my stinging cheek, desperate to retaliate, but my grandfather's harsh voice cut through the tension.

"That's enough, Linda. Get out of this room. I want to be alone with my granddaughter." He declared, his voice filled with anger. "And my answer to the thing you proposed is no, I can't help him if he doesn't as
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