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!]

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 her actions were always excusable, it hadn’t stopped

you dare lay a finger on him, then I’ll be in hot

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

might be a good idea to enlist the help of Hayes and Teresa. After all, they were all kids

stop Hayes. Listen to me and ask Manley about everything that happened

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 intel!”

the screen, then looked at Teresa with a raised eyebrow.

word, but whatever. Right now,

to prove Marguerite’s innocence, but nothing they came up with had stuck. They were at a dead end

eagerly gripped Teresa’s hand, whispering urgently, “Quick… make