The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 991

That time, on the way to the countryside.

Bawling her eyes out, Patricia reproached her mother, “Mom, look at the mess you’ve made! Now we’re being shipped off to the boondocks!”

Xenia was already feeling low, and her daughter’s reproach only made it worse.

“Patri, I can take it from others, but how could you say that to me? Who am I doing all this for, if not you?”

Patricia, at this point, had no patience to understand her mother and retorted, “I know you did it for me, but you didn’t help at all. You just made things worse! Mom, we would’ve been better off admitting our mistakes in front of Grandpa and Grandma; maybe they would have given us another chance instead of sending us off to the countryside!”

her chest due to her daughter’s words, “Now you’re blaming me? Didn’t you also fail to admit your mistake in time? And how

would be better than

but he didn’t specify for how long. Would they ever be allowed

on them. Once

not the

more unwilling Patricia felt, and

Patricia’s reproach and misunderstanding, still felt a twinge of pity for her. After all, she was

right, all right! No more crying! Patri now’s not the time for us to be at each other’s throats! If we let differences come between us, wouldn’t that just make Ellinor happy, giving

at them, Patricia tried hard to stop crying. She wouldn’t let that

do now? I’ve lost my brother’s trust and affection, lost the love of

were doing. Some were on their phones, and others were dozing off. Then, she whispered to her daughter, “I don’t have an effective plan to change the situation right now. We need some time to think it over.”