Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 571

Marguerite was deep in thought when Miley’s cell phone suddenly rang with a video call. Miley quickly turned away to answer, and Marguerite, sensing the need for privacy, left her to it and walked over to the bay window, her mind racing.

To clear her name, she had to pull the problem up by its roots. And the root of all her troubles was Manley.

Marguerite had considered confronting Manley alone, but remembering his defensive attitude the night before, she doubted she’d get anything out of him. She rubbed her temples lightly, then, as if struck by a sudden thought, whipped out her phone to message Teresa on Facebook,

[Sweetie, what’s the situation at home? Is Manley still insisting that I attacked him last night after I left?]

Teresa replied quickly, [Yeah, Mom! Hayes and I don’t get it. You and Yuna are gone, but Manley keeps sobbing to Sadie about it. It’s driving me nuts! I feel like punching him!]

Her daughter was a good kid, but way too impulsive. She’d been called into school more times than she could count because Teresa had either gotten into a fight or talked back to a teacher. Although

him, then I’ll be in hot water

Hayes is really worried about Manley. He kept wanting to check on

kids had made up, Hayes had taken a special interest in Manley’s well-being. Since Marguerite couldn’t approach Manley herself, it might be a good idea to enlist the help of Hayes and Teresa. After all, they were all kids around the same age. Communication between

Manley about everything that

she read Marguerite’s message and showed it to Hayes, “Look, Little Mute! Mom’s on the case! She wants us to go undercover in Manley’s room and gather

then looked at Teresa with a

word, but whatever. Right now, Teresa’s mom’s

had been brainstorming ways to prove Marguerite’s innocence, but nothing they came up with had stuck. They were

urgently, “Quick… make sure