The Wrong Woman

Chapter 980

Having finally parked the car, Jasper and Imogen immediately noticed a crowd gathered ahead, drawn by the spectacle of two women in a heated argument. Upon hearing the commotion, Imogen hurriedly rushed over.

"Imogen..." Jasper was bewildered, following quickly behind.

Pushing through the crowd, Imogen spotted her mother, Carol Pembroke, engaged in a fierce dispute with her aunt, Thelma McCoy.

Carol's eyes were brimming with tears, a mix of grievance and anger evident as she pointed and accused, "You shameless thing! Give the family homestead back!"

Thelma, whose features were contorted in malice, retorted sharply, "You're the shameless one! Your whole family is!

"You deserve Gregory's disability, Imogen's failure to enter college, your poverty, your destitution, and your finger being chopped off! You're just too shameless, and even heaven doesn't want your family to live well."

"You're so cruel! Karma will catch up with you," Carol cried, her anger palpable and resolute. "You shameless thing! We agreed from the start that the family homestead would serve as a bridal house for Maxwell to live in for two years and that he should move out after that.

"But by exploiting a loophole in the land survey, you registered it under his name and usurped our home."

hands on her hips, exuding a fierce demeanor akin to a demoness. "It was left to Maxwell by his grandfather, and we

"Stop spouting nonsense!"

pauper, are so destitute that you can't even put food on the

for Thelma. She was insulted to the

over, nervously taking Carol's arm. "Mom, let's not argue with her.

finally let her emotions show, breaking down. "Imogen, she's gone

a fierce glare at Thelma. Leading Carol

people like her. Don't let her ruin your health. There must be another way to

stood outside the crowd, observing silently. This intense confrontation was unlike

heard only part of the heated exchange, he grasped the underlying reasons behind

and that it was a walk-up, but he hadn't anticipated it being on the eighth floor. Luckily,

footsteps and hurriedly opened the door. Upon seeing Carol in tears, supported by Imogen, he anxiously

into another argument with Aunt Thelma," Imogen