Chapter 526

After the meal. Hathaway and Kathleen sat on the couch when she asked her daughter about her days in prison.

“How are you these days when you were held in detention? Did anyone bully you?”

Kathleen looked at her caring mother; an unfathomable emotion flashed across her clear, blue eyes. “I don’t want to talk about this,” she nonchalantly responded.

Hathaway was stunned to hear that, but she cooperatively nodded. “Alright. You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to.”

Kathaleen pursed her lips and said nothing more. She darted a glance at the door, puzzled that nobody from the orchestra had greeted her although she had returned for quite a while, so she asked, “Where are others from the orchestra?”

“They have gone back; I’m the only one waiting for you here.” Hathaway briefly explained what had happened in the past few days.

Kathleen, uninterested in understanding those trivial matters, interrupted, “What happened to the performance after that incident?”

“The performance-” Hathaway seemed hesitant.

“Was the performance cancelled?” Kathleen frowned.

“No, that didn’t happen.” Hathaway shook her head and denied it. Then, when she saw her daughter’s intent gaze, she confessed, “The performance went on as usual, but I had Tessa replace your role.”

Sure enough, as soon as she said that, Kathleen could no longer maintain her calm expression.

“You had Tessa replace me?” She viciously glared at Hathaway as though the latter was not her mother but her enemy.

Hathaway was startled by the viciousness of Kathleen’s glare and tried to explain, “At that time, the performance was imminent, and it was too late to arrange for someone else to replace you. Besides, Tessa is capable,”

Kathleen, who could not continue to listen to her explanation, indignantly roared, “Enough!”

At that instant, she erupted like a volcano and started throwing and smashing anything she could grab around her as if everything before her was offensive to her eyes.

Hathaway was staggered by her rage; it was only when she heard the sound of glass breaking did she return to her senses.

The living room that quickly became a mess made her expression fall into a stern one, and she reprimanded, “Kathleen, have you lost your mind? Stop that!”

However, her words unexpectedly pissed Kathleen even more. “Me? Lost my mind? Let me ask you this-are you even my mother?!”

She stared at Hathaway angrily with wide eyes as though she was going to swallow the latter whole.

“Ever since the woman named Reinhart showed up in our lives, you have been siding with her. Just be honest-you want that b*tch, Tessa, to replace me as your daughter, don’t you? That is why you didn’t even visit me when I was in detention!”

Hathaway felt furious and distressed in the face of her daughter’s accusation, but she still suppressed her anger and tried to explain, “I didn’t mean it that way. I told you that the time was tight and there wasn’t any other suitable candidate in the orchestra to take your place. Tessa just happened to possess the skills for that role, so I requested her to replace you.

“Hah, she possesses the skills?! You’re just being impartial.” Kathleen refused to accept her mother’s explanation and laughed mockingly. “My assistant concertmaster is also qualified to replace my role, so why didn’t you ask her to replace me instead?”

“No, she couldn’t. She is still lacking in many aspects.” Hathaway unhesitatingly dismissed the suggestion before she said, “Kathleen, calm down. Let’s talk things out.”

“Calm down? I’m sorry for being unable to calm down. Besides, there’s nothing for us to talk about!”

Then, after she screamed at Hathaway, she turned around and left.

Hathaway went after her worriedly, only to find that Kathleen had merely returned to her room. She felt relieved but couldn’t help but feel disappointed in her daughter as well.

Hathaway had initially thought that Kathleen would change into a better person after that incident, but judging from the current situation, Kathleen seemed to even resent Hathaway after this.

Hathaway felt dejected at that thought.

Meanwhile, Tessa, who was at the Dynasty Gardens, was aware that this was the day when Kathleen was released from detention.

However, she was conflicted if she should pay Kathleen a visit at the hotel.