Tracy consoled her daughter, âSheila, donât sweat it, Momâs got your back! Weâll restore your reputation Now, no more tears.â
Ellinor stood quietly nearby, watching the motherâdaughter drama unfold before her. A smirk tugged at the corners of her mouth, and she let out a soft chuckle.
Upon hearing Ellinorâs laughter, Sheila immediately stopped crying. She scowled, pointing a finger at Ellinor in accusation. âEllinor, itâs you! Youâve set me up Ellinor put on an innocent face and shrugged. âSis, Iâm just a lowly maid What power do I have to harm you? Hiring internet trolls is pricey, and I canât afford it.â
Indeed, she didnât spend a dime and just used some technical tricks.
Sheila still glared at her angrily, âEven if you didnât hire internet trolls, youâre the one driving a wedge between me and Dad. If you hadnât returned, Dad wouldnât have found out!â
Ellinor frowned, âSis, wasnât it you who asked Dad to call me back?â
Sheila was speechless Ellinor continued, âBesides, even if I hadnât come back today, Dad wouldâve found out from the news anyway Sis, if you donât want people to know, donât do it in the first placeâ
Sheila had no comeback and could only continue to sob.
Tracy couldnât bear to see her daughter in such distress and revealed her true colors, âEllinor, stop throwing shade! Do you think youâre a saint or something? Youâre just a little rat, always playing the good girl in front of your dad!â
âI know who I am, even if you donât. But Iâm well aware of the kind of people you two are,â said Ellinor calmly, with a faint smile, âAuntie Tracy, Sheila, do you know what this is? Itâs karma for your bad deeds!â
With that, she turned and left to find Arnold.
She had some words for her father.
Tracy was gritting her teeth in anger as she watched Ellinor strut away.
This little rat, Ellinor, dared to laugh at them!
Just wait and see, sheâll get whatâs coming to her!
Tracy had always wanted to kick Ellinor out of the Mendoza family but never succeeded.
Although their family wasnât wealthy, they had a lot of property left by their ancestors. The rent alone was enough for them to live comfortably.
But how could Tracy tolerate this little outsider rat getting a piece of the pie?!
Before, Tracy tried to marry off Ellinor quickly, making her an outsider and losing her inheritance rights.
But the matchmaking for Ellinor kept hitting snags and dragging on until now.
It looked like she needed to come up with another plan to deal with this little rat soon.
She was a troublemaker in the house!
Arnold was fuming in his study when someone knocked on the door. He snapped, âBuzz off!â
âDad, itâs me.â
Ellinorâs sweet voice came through.
Arnold cooled down a bit, âEllinor? Come in.â
Gently, Ellinor opened the door to the study and walked in with a painting in her hand.