An Understated Dominance

Chapter 205

Dahlia frowned slightly, slowly coming back to her senses. Looking at Florence hop around energetically, she was astounded. “Mom, I thought you said you broke your hands and feet? How can you still stand?”

“Huh?” Florence’s face froze, and she forced a smile. “When I saw Julie, I got a little too emotional and temporarily forgot about the pain. I should lie back down and get some rest right away.”

With that, she limped to the bed.

But those horrible acting skills fooled no one.

“Mom, are you actually

actually fine and were just pretending to be hurt in front of me?!” Dahlia’s face sank.

“How can I be fine? Didn’t you see how Dustin hit me? Ouch held her head and began to put on a show again.

My head is starting to hurt again!” Florence

“You said you have a concussion and broken limbs. Well, where’s the case file from the hospital? Show it to me!” Dahlia demanded.

“Well…” Florence and James both looked at each other, speechless.

Seeing their reaction, of course. Dahlia caught on.

“So you two have been lying to me all along? All for what?” She bit the bottom of her lip.

“Fine. I’m not hurt! So what? Seeing that her ruse was up, Florence stopped pretending.

She said indignantly, “Although I didn’t get hurt, it’s still true that that animal beat us up. You saw what happened in the video. Could that be faked?”

“That’s right! Dahlia, look at the injuries on my face. He did this to me!” James played along.

“Give me your phone!” Dahlia demanded, her gaze cold.

“W–what do you want my phone for?” James felt a niggling sense of guilt.

“Just give it to me!”

Without another word, Dahlia snatched the phone from his hands. She looked for the full video and played it with the volume turned up.

After grasping the entire situation, her body began to tremble from head to toe. She finally understood why her brother had been beaten up.

ungrateful one. It was her mother and brother who crossed the line and went to his doorstep to

lie

us. Even if we started it, he had no right to hit us back! So what if we hit him? We’re older than him; can’t we teach him a lesson?! Florence argued righteously as if

Dahlia was furious. She didn’t expect that

but she still pinned the blame on Dustin,

mean that ass wasn’t responsible for this as well. If he hadn’t framed Julie, would we have

in uniform alighted from the police car that stopped

need to make sure she learned her lesson and won’t make the same mistake again. If Mr. Rhys hadn’t said anything today, Julie would probably have remained in there for a few more years. Do you understand?” Aspen said,

“Mr. Rhys?”

each other. “Wasn’t it Mr. Laney Sr. who

never heard of him,” Aspen replied,

as he said that, everyone’s eyes llicked over

it wasn’t even Phineas Laney

thanked the

felt his face flush, as if he’d been

This was fucking humiliating!

ask who this “Mr. Rhys‘ is that you’re talking about?” Florence

Of course, it’s Dustin Rhys.

said that,

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the truth, Florence and the others looked

had they considered that it wasn’t Matt

was simply a

and it was you guys purposely slinging mud at him?” Dahlia stood rooted

face was as white as a

slung mud at him? I bet he’s feeling guilty because he knows what he did wrong,

around; of course, she would never admit that

about Dustin.

be too

to this, and you still want to justify yourself?” Dahlia bit her lip. Even

heart was clenching.

am I justifying myself? If that Rhys bastard hadn’t framed Julie, why would he have saved her? In

he didn’t do it, why did he save her?” James

of you guys!” Dahlia’s

Why do you always have to pick on Dustin? What exactly did he do to you? Must you purposely pick fights with him? In our three years of marriage, he has always been honest and agreeable, but you have always had a prejudice against him. Even though he had never done anything wrong, you kept pushing blame on him again and again. Could you really be so blinded to

basically roaring by the end of

Everyone was scared stiff.