Chapter 54

Liam stepped up to shield Isabel with his body. He answered Odell, “She brought us something to drink. Isabel was not expecting it to be so hot and accidentally lost her grip and dropped the cup on the floor, spilling the juice inside everywhere.” He transparently explained everything. Isabel backed her brother up. “He’s telling the truth.” Tara took a deep breath. Her eyes were turning red as she endured the pain and turned to Odell, “Odell, don’t be angry. I don’t think Isabel didn’t do it on purpose. She probably dropped it because it was too hot for her to hold.” Odell’s expression darkened. Perhaps it would have been better if she had said nothing at all. “This cup comes with an insulated cover. How is it that she got herself burned?” He glared at Isabel angrily again. “Isabel, tell me the truth. Did you do it on purpose?”

Isabel looked at him in utter disbelief.

Of course, it was intentional. The ugly lady intentionally explained things in a way that would mislead him to believe that she had done it on purpose.

She might be young, but she was not stupid!

She immediately winced, and only mere seconds after that, she began to cry. She frowned and sobbed weakly, “Sniff… My hand hurts so much. I want to go home. I want Mommy.”

Her bawling her eyes out started to cause a scene. She wrapped herself around her brother and sobbed into his shoulder. Liam hugged her and comforted her, “Let’s go back and find Mommy.”

Odell frowned.

were red from crying, and she felt horrible. At the same time, Liam wore an exasperated look. He felt like he

down and asked, “Did you get

The tips of her

and immediately pulled her hand away. She snuggled into her brother’s shoulders and cried, “I want my Mommy… Mommy wouldn’t give me

lost

interpreted the situation and realized that the child had been mistreated by her stepmother. Their eyes began to water at

such a cute child. Shame on the father who still took the side

Odell stiffened

well. She was not expecting Isabel to pull

were blistering from the heat while Isabel’s hands were only slightly burned, and yet she managed to turn the situation around!

turned to Odell, “Odell, this was on me. I shouldn’t have bought something so hot

a way out

Isabel. “Don’t cry. I must have misunderstood

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