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."

to a demoness. "It was left to Maxwell by his grandfather, and we allowed you to stay there temporarily

"Stop spouting nonsense!"

entire family is! You, pauper, are so destitute that you can't even put food on the

no match for Thelma. She was insulted to the point of tears, struggling

"Mom, let's not argue

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

shot a fierce glare at Thelma. Leading Carol out of the

with people like her. Don't let her ruin your health. There must be another way to reclaim the family homestead.

intense confrontation was

having heard only part of the heated exchange,

followed with the luggage. He was aware the apartment was compact and that it was a walk-up, but he hadn't anticipated it being on the eighth floor. Luckily, he was fit from regular exercise, so the few pounds of luggage wasn't too heavy for

seeing

argument with Aunt Thelma,"