chapter 168

The Old Madam slightly jolted as she looked at Lucy. She was taken aback by Lucy's anger and she didn't understand why she seemed even more defensive than before.Lucy glared at her. Even if Elvis was quiet and seemed unaffected by the humiliation, she knew it must have felt hurtful anyway. Whenever she looked at him, she would always get reminded of Eric and imagining them to be the target of someone's insults short-circuited her fuse.Frank choked and watched her in horror.What is that dumb woman doing!?Kathy also had the same thoughts as Frank. She watched her in disbelief as she challenged the Old Madam, now twice.But the most dumbstruck here was none other than Elvis. He rapidly blinked his eyes at her and tilted his head.Why did she suddenly get so angry?The Old Madam's voice thundered as she spoke, "What did you say?"Lucy looked straight into her eyes and said, "I said don't talk to him like that!""Are you teaching me how to talk to my son?" She threateningly took a step towards her and asked in a quiet voice laced in danger and alarm."I will! Because clearly, you don't know! Didn't you say that I was rude just now? Then what you are doing crosses all the limits of rudeness! How can a mother insult her son like that? How can she say that her son is an embarrassment to her and the family? Are you pausing here to think just how he must be feeling when his own mother is saying such hurtful words? Just because he isn't fighting back doesn't mean that it isn't affecting him!"Silence.Kathy wanted to faint. She could only watch Lucy in horror. But she found this a good chance to be in the Old Madam's favor.She tremblingly pointed a finger at her."You! Are you in your senses!? I knew it. Lowly people like you can only be mannerless and shameless! Nobody has ever dared to speak to the Old Madam like that. Who do you think you are?"Lucy angrily laughed. "I see where the problem lies now. It's because nobody spoke to her like that which is why she has become so arrogant! I don't know what went wrong between you two. I am pretty sure that Uncle here is innocent, but maybe, just maybe even if he made some mistake that might have disappointed you, you are going too far with the humiliation."The Old Madam gritted her teeth. In all her life, nobody has managed to get on her nerves like that."You-"But Lucy cut her off. "Before teaching me how to be a proper lady, first teach yourself how to be a proper mother. A mother is a source of love and comfort to her child. But what are you doing here? This is not how mothers behave with their own children!"The Old Madam froze.Kathy grabbed her arm. "Enough! Such humiliation in front of others. You are crossing all your limits!""Others? Hah! That's some joke. Did she bother that there are strangers standing here before saying such harsh things to her son? Are you blind? So it's okay if she is insulting her son in front of others, but it's wrong if somebody insults her? That's some hypocrisy!"