Chapter 24
[ Forget whether Elysia is cold â hearted or not â just from what weâve seen so far , thereâs no saving Rowena .
Sheâs the textbook example of a birch .
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As soon as the comment was posted , all eyes turned to Rowena , and a flood of insults begin to pour in
Femick , struggling to push aside the bitterness in his chest , decided to speak up in Rowenaâs defense .
â Wait , I remember that day .
When I came home from school and passed by Rowenaâs mom .
I actually saw Elysia stealing from herf
Instead of defending Rowena , it sounded more like Fenwick was trying to shift the blame onto Elysia , but his followers ate it up eagerly
The live â streaming screen now flushed with commess
[ Weâve all heard rumors about Elysiaâs sticky fingerst Even if the egg â stealing story is made up , Fenwick saw it with his own eyes â thereâs no way thatâs a lie , right I
[ Ugh , if it were me , I wouldnât just steal from Rowena .
Til leave a â gift â on her bed tool
Is this the mental state of todayâs interner ? ]
[ Look , stealing is wrong , but when it comes to kids , an apology can clear things up .
Elysia is the older sister â whatâs the big deal if she apologizes ? ]
Odessaâs anger boiled as she read these comments .
She was on the verge of exploding , but with the screen between them all she could do was glare at the source of the trouble : Fenwick .
Fenwick glared back , though snagging doubt lingered .
He rellaât quite remember what Elysia had stolen , but he was sure she had taken something .
In his mind , it was only a matter of time before her true native would be exposed .
The screen continued to play .
Elysiaâs gaze suddenly fed on something half â hidden under the bed .
She stared at it , unblinking , for what felt like an eternity
Caellan couldnât hold back a chuckle .
He turned to Fenwick and teased , â Fenwick , youâre talking about that old , dirty puppet night
Fenwick fists clenched , a flush of embarrassinent creeping up his neck .
He could feel his pride slipping , but he responded detantly , â So what if itâs that old puppet it belongs to Rowena .
If Elysia took it , then she stole it â
Rupert , seated in his odice at home , was watching the scene unfold .
He nodded thoughtfully , then quickly typed out a long message .
This was his third attempt , and finally , he hit send .
The message appeared on the screen for everyone to see .
Torin : I am Elysiaâs father ]
The live â streaming screen now flushed with comments .
[ Has Torin lost his mind â II
[ It doesnât even look like he ryped that I can see on the other screen that Torinâs clearly busy picking his nose ! I
[ Can you stop making random guesses ? The boss is just deep in thought , thatâs alls )
Stellan , unable to hold his frustration in turned and coughed lightly .
Torin , who had been staring intently at the pupperâs leg, was startled by the sound of the cough .
He looked up , his face flushed with embarrassment as he saw the mocking comments filling the screen .
He ran a hand through his hair , clearly frustrated and muntered .
â Thatâs my account , but my dad is the one typing right now .
â
The entire family was gather
bered now ,
Stellan , who had originally hoped Rupert wouldnât see all of this , had decided to connect their custom machine and opened both the microphone and camera
The attention shifted to a new screen where Rupert , squinting as he types , frore , his hand suspended mid â air .
He stared in confusion at the large face on the screen , wondering if he had accidentally pressed something wrong .
â Fenwickâs right , Rupert said , his voice now echoing in the room .
Today , Elysia only took a doll , but later on , she stole Rowenaâs hairpin .
And that hairpan ? I spent three hundred thousand dollars on it as a birthday gift for Rowenal
The live â streaming screen now flushed with comments .
[ Dad ! Iâm also your long â lost daughter ! ]
[ Whatâs so surprising about this dad ? He spends three hundred thousand dollars on a hairpin for his stepdaughter , but dresses his real daughter like a muid ]
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Chapter 21
On the screen , Elysiaâs hand slowly reached out toward the puppetâs leg , pulling it gently from under the bed .
The puppet was covered in dust , its face neared with black ink , its arms torn , and its condition made it look pitifully neglected .
Bui Elysia didnât seem to care .
She placed the grimy , broken puppet on her lap and stroking its crooked head , whispered , â Claudy ,
is that your
She reached into the puppetâs pocket with practiced case and pulled out a folded card .
She opened it carefully , reading the inscription inside .
Happy and birthday , our little Elysia .
Love .
Dad and Mom â )
â This is from Dad ! Itâs from Dad ? Elysiaâs earlier sadness seemed to melt away as exciterpent filled her .
She hugged the battered puppet tightly to her chest .
But as she did , the puppetâs fragile wooden head â already harely hanging on â slipped off ,
â No ! â Panic flushed across her face as she scrambled to retrieve the head , now marked with black ink .
She desperately tried to press it back onto the broken body
â It can be fixed .
It can be fixed , â she muttered , trying to reassure herself .
But no matter how hard she tried , it was futile .
The puppets arm came off again .
â Why why canât I hit Elysia mumbled to herself , her rose thick with emotion .
â Dad .
.
Mom .
Iâm sorry .
I didnât take care of your gift properly ⦠Im sorry .
Meanwhile , outside the screen , Rupert was stunned .
First , he was shocked , and then a wave of guilt washed over him .
He had just publicly claimed that the pupper belonged to Rowena , but who could have guessed that this was the very birthday gilt he gave Elysia 21 .
years ago â shubby , ugly pupper
The live â streaming screen now flushed with comments
Donât blame yourself .
Elysia ! The black ink marks are definitely from thar Rowena ! ]
( Just a minute ago , you were all so sure Elysia was stealing .
Why is no one defending themselves now ? What happened to your excuses ? ]
As Elysia was lost in the memories of her parents , a strong hand suddenly reached out from behind her .
Before she could react , she was roughly pushed aside .
â Who are you ? â a furious male voice yelled in her ear .
â Anew maid ? How dare you barge into my sisterâs room ! And whatâs that youâre holding ? Are you stealing something **
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