“If I remember correctly, none of you here have Windt as your surname,” she said baldly. “What has the reputation and honor of the Windt family got to do with you lot?”

“You…”

“When my father was still around, and the Windt family was at the height of its power, and all of you sucked up to us like a bunch of dogs. But when the Windt family went through difficult times, all of you were nowhere to be found. And now you have the gall to discipline me as my elders? I call that muck.”

She then let out a cold laugh. “Aren’t you scared that God might strike you down?”

At that point, her uncles were so furious that their faces had gone red. “Is… Is this how you should be talking to us?”

Another one of her distant relatives, Thomas, was boiling with rage as well. Pointing a finger at Charlotte, he snarled, “When your father was around, he never spoke to us like this! Well, what did I expect of a bastard child who never had a mother around to teach her how to behave?”

The moment she heard this, a ball of rage welled up within Charlotte. She lunged forward and picked up the glass of water in front of her, which she promptly flung at Thomas’s head.

Bang! The glass flew past the man’s head and shattered against the crystal chandelier behind him.

A shower of crystal shards rained down on the table, causing a huge racket as they did so and causing the women to yelp in fright.

and ran

 

arm to shield her face from the shards, but the crystal shards sliced open

The injured woman let

dashed downstairs in panic immediately.

family enough

wail about the injustice that had been done to her, but she caught Charlotte’s

roared as he pointed a finger at Charlotte. “How dare you injure

“I don’t care if you call me all sorts of names, but if you’re

“You…”

alright,” Simon said, trying desperately to salvage the situation, “we’re family, after all. Let’s calm down

“She acts like a whore, but she won’t let anyone criticize her for it! And when someone does, she

“Thomas, don’t say that…”

middle of this meal. I’ll drop by and visit you and the missus another day.” At that, Thomas stood up and stalked out of the room with his wife

a kind man, but I must warn you to

“Martin…”

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