âhey were dismayed by her lies and could not comprehend why she had to lie in the first place.
After watching the footage on TV, Balfour glared at Patricia, asking coldly. âYou said youâve never been to that park. Then why did the footage atch your car heading there? Can you make sense of all this?â
acing her brother, Patricia clearly didnât have a leg to stand on, âI⦠I didnât sleep well last night, and I was feeling down this morning, so I thought. d go for a drive. The outskirts are quieter. I just happened to drive that way. That doesnât prove Iâve been to that park, does it?â
Jlinor sneered, âMs. Howard, you just confidently said you didnât go out this morning. Now youâre admitting you went for a drive? Which of your words are true and which are lies? Donât you find your story full of holes?â
âatricia was in a flap. ââ¦â
lalfour massaged his forehead, totally fed up with his sisterâs pack of lies.
Ilinor continued, âIf you just wanted to clear your head this morning, why sneak out behind everyoneâs back, and deliberately drive a car nobody 1 your family recognizes? You didnât want anyone to know your whereabouts or who you were meeting! So, whatâs a straight shooter like you, Ms. Howard, doing sneaking around like that, hmm?*
âatriciaâs eyes darted around, totally at a loss for a comeback.
Xenia said, âMs. Mendoza, cut it out! Youâre stirring the pot first thing in the morning with these madeâ
up stories. Whatâs in it for you?â
Ellinor scoffed at Xenia and said, âMrs. Howard, Iâm not interested in stirring up your family. But I must say, your daughter is the spitting image of you. You two would do anything to get what you want. Birds of a feather!â
(enia turned red with anger, âWhat did you just say? Dean, Alyssa, and Balfour, you saw that, right?
She insulted us! She showed her true colors!â
Jean and Alyssa exchanged glances, thinking Ellinor was a bit over the top today.
But Balfour felt bad for Ellinor, understanding why she despised Xenia so much.
Ellinor ignored Xeniaâs reaction and continued, âYesterday, my stepmother, Tracy brought her husband Arnold Mendoza and daughter Sheila to our house and dragged along a motherâdaughter duo who slandered me online. They claimed they were seeking justice from me and the Blanchet family. They accused me of having a scandalous personal life in high school and said I took that girlâs place at Creston University, and so on. None of what they said was true. When they didnât get what they wanted at my house, they started slandering me online!â
Ellinor continued, âHowever, as two ordinary country folks, they couldnât have stirred up such a controversy online in such a short time. After controlling public opinion domestically, they fled to foreign forums to sow chaos, attracting a lot of attention! They can harm my reputation all they want because my conscience is clear, but they caused the Blanchet Corporationâs stock to plummet, affecting the Blanchet familyâs reputation! This is something I cannot tolerate!â
She carried on, âThis morning, Ms. Howard ran off to a remote park for no reason, met with the people who brought that motherâdaughter duo to our house yesterday, and gave them a suitcase with who knows what inside. Isnât that too big of a coincidence?â