Mia sat on the couch. Ivan bandaged her hand before instructing. “For the next few days, avoid letting
your wounde into contact with water. You need to let the wound heal first.”
“Mia, tell me how you got injured,” Laura said.
Mia nced at Maya. Thetter’s eyes shifted evasively.
Sharon immediately cried out, “What do you mean by that, Mia? An ident? Don’t tell me you’re
trying to frame Maya. She was just kind enough to try and help you. She got injured, too.”
“Shut up!” Laura snapped loudly. “Who allowed you to speak?”
Sharon mmed up at once, though her expression was unpleasant. Laura, her mother-inw, had
always
disliked her. Instead, Laura favored Mia, a woman from a poor background.
In the end, Mia calmly answered, “It was just an ident, Grandma. I got distracted while I was making
some
soup.”
Her exnation made Timothy’s eyes grow thoughtful. Why wasn’t Mia making a fuss when Laura was
here to
stand up for her?
“Oh, you silly goose. We’ve plenty of people who can cook for us. I told you not to cook anymore, but
you
refused to listen to me,” Laura chided.
Mia lowered her eyes. She didn’t try to speak further on the subject. Even though she knew Laura had
her
back, she suddenly decided not to let Laura worry about this matter.
Just then, Maya approached Laura and said, “How have you been feelingtely, Mrs. Barrett Senior? I
brought
a lot of health supplements for you. They’re good for your body.”
Mia stood in silence beside Laura.
“Haven’t I told you not toe over anymore, Ms. Lane?” Laura asked in a polite but distant tone.
“We’re having a family dinner tonight, so I won’t keep you for dinner.”
Maya could barely keep her expression neutral. She was the daughter of the Lane family. When had
she ever
faced such disrespect?
The old hag was being too rude!
For a brief moment, Maya’s gaze was stormy, but she kept her smile going. “In that case, I’ll drop by to
visit
you some other time, Mrs. Barrett Senior.
“Once my brother Connor frees up his schedule, he cane over to perform your surgery. You’ll be
able to make a full recovery. Tim won’t have to worry about you anymore.”
“I’m feeling just fine,” Laura scoffed icily. “I don’t need any surgery. Let’s go, Mia. It’s time for dinner.”.
Mia was a little anxious. She knew Laura didn’t want to push her into a difficult position. But how could
she bear to let Laura turn down the chance of a full recovery just for her sake?
“Grandma, I left my phone in the kitchen. I’ll go and look for it.”
Mia wanted to find a ce to calm down and sort through her thoughts.
Soon after entering the kitchen, Mia heard Maya’s voice ringing out behind her. “Don’t tell me you really
snuck in here to get the security footage.”
Maya hade over, and Shelly was standing beside her.
“It’s toote. I just deleted all of the old footage and turned off the security camera in here,” Shelly
gloated.”
No one can prove what happened just now.”
“Is that so?” Mia remarked.
Her expression was different, but her gaze was cold. “That makes things a lot easier then.”
Maya lifted her chin haughtily and said, “Now that the footage is gone, there’s no proof. Who’s going to
believe your ims?”
“Since there’s no evidence, and the security cameras are turned off, that’s precisely why things are a
lot easier
for me,” Mia said.`
She picked up a nearby spat and whacked both Shelly and Maya with it.
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The two young women couldn’t avoid her. All they could do was shriek their heads off. Soon, they were
in tears.
Mia stood in the doorway to stop the women from escaping as she taught them a lesson.
Once she was done, she fixed her hair and adjusted her clothes before saying, “Since there’s no
security
camera in here, no one will believe what you say.”