My Mommy’s Brave Heart

Chapter 9

to hurt others. “Mommy, it’s not Mel’s fault,” Alden said. “Leo called her a mute and spat at her.” He sounded like he was blaming himself. His granduncle had called him over to talk about the chip, so he had stepped away from Melodie for just a few minutes, but it was enough for someone to bully his sister. It was his fault. He had made his mother worry again. When Adina heard her son’s words, rage stirred in her heart. There were two things she could not tolerate: people calling her children b*stards and people laughing at Melody’s condition. Sophia had just done both. Slap! A loud slap rang through the living room. Sophia’s eyes went wide. “You witch, how dare you hit me?! I won’t let this go!” She no longer cared about her image and lunged at Adina like a crazed woman. Her hands were outstretched toward Adina’s throat. Adina avoided her coolly, and Sophia missed. She crashed face-first onto the floor. Blood poured down her face. Sophia had never been in such a pathetic state before, and she wanted to tear Adina to shreds. “Sophia, your son has a foul mouth, so that slap was for him!” Adina said while looking down at her. She then bent down and picked Melody up. Her daughter opened her eyes wide, and her long, curled lashes fluttered. It looked like she had no idea what had just happened. Morganna was so furious that her hand trembled. “Adina, you wh*re, how dare you hit my daughter?! As long as I’m one of the Xaviers, don’t you dare to even think about staying here!” “Are you thinking about chasing me out of the house, too?” Madam Xavier walked out of the study room with her cane and stopped in front of Adina like a protector. Morganna suppressed her anger and said in a quivering voice, “That’s not what I meant, Mother. You saw what happened just now. Adina has no respect for her elders and hit her cousin. She’s too arrogant, and it’ll bring unrest in the family. I only want what’s the best for the family…” “You’re the one who’ll bring unrest to the family!” Richard roared. “If you can’t accept Addy, go back to your family!” Morganna felt ashamed after being rebuked by her mother-in-law and husband in front of others, but she did not dare to say anything else. She picked Sophia up from the floor while