The Returning Ex

“What?!” Old Mrs. Constance rose up from her seat, and she didn’t look pleased at all. She knew it was something bad, but clearly, she didn’t expect it to be this bad. “Is she insane? Why would Matilda do something like that at this point in time?”

Dumbstruck, William had a sullen expression as he gazed at John. “Is Sophia alright?”

“She’s fine.” John shook his head. “Fortunately, Ian was with her. He noticed that something was odd, and so that person didn’t succeed.”

Clenching her teeth, the old lady said, “Even though nothing bad happened, this is simply not a minor issue. What… What if…”

Holding his grandmother by the hand, John comforted her by saying, “Grandma, don’t you worry. I think Mom did it because she was beaten up by Sophia last time. She just wanted to vent her anger by getting someone to hit Sophia too. Mom didn’t have other motives.”

“But that’s still wrong!” the old lady snapped. In the next second, she lifted her head to look at William. “This is all your fault! Look at your wife! If you don’t do something, she’s going to wreak havoc!”

Doing a facepalm, William complained, “Do you think I want it to happen? I’ll give her all the money she wants if she would just stop stirring up a sh*tstorm!”

still not as bright. If she brightens up one day, who

dirty

in trouble, the Constance Family would end up in trouble too. Obviously, both John and

“I think there’s nothing we can do with Matilda. If we confront her, she will just sulk and complain as she usually does. Now, we need to

what she wanted to do.

since you can’t do it, I’ll decide for you. I’ll drop by the

that, she turned around. “Don’t ask me how I’m going to settle this, because you can’t solve this. Just take

asking further, William looked as if

into formal clothes and even put her hair up

the old lady down the stairs, and they too,

can you please tell me your plans? I just don’t

Mrs. Constance announced, “Stay here and wait. I’ll tell