Chapter 78 A Burger Deal
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Sure enough, once most of the people had left. Evelyn made her way alone to Class 6.
When she saw that Eliza was still inside the classroom, Evelyn immediately changed her tone.
Gone was the sharp, bitter woman from earlier that day; now she appeared warm and gentle.
Evelyn walked up to Eliza and said, “Eliza, you must be hungry after school; I bought you a burger.”
As she spoke, Evelyn placed the burger combo in front of Eliza, putting on the act of a loving mother.
“Madam Evelyn, is there something you need?”
Eliza’s cold tone did not deter Evelyn. On the contrary, Evelyn seemed even more embarrassed; she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and said, “Eliza, I know… it was because I did not care enough about you before: that is why you resent me so much. I know I was wrong…”
Evelyn’s voice grew softer. “Eliza, you are still my daughter. Surely you would not want to see your mother go to jail, would you?”
That made Eliza suddenly remember her past life, when Evelyn had gripped her hand with the same desperate look and pleaded, “Eliza, you are the older sister; your little sister is about to get married. You would not just stand by and watch her die, would you?”
The same performance; the same expression; even her tone was identical.
Eliza found it amusing and actually laughed out loud.
“What are you laughing at?” Evelyn asked, confused
She could not understand why Eliza was laughing.
It felt as if all her false kindness had been completely exposed in front of Eliza; as if she, the adult, had been laid bare with nowhere to hide.
“I am laughing at how biased you are, mom.”
Eliza smiled faintly. “I used to want your approval so badly. But then I realized… you are incredibly selfish. I am your daughter too, yet you only love Naomi. Now, you do not want to go to jail, so you are forcing
self to say these hollow words to me. It is pathetic.”
“You!” Evelyn shot to her feet, furious. “Eliza! What kind of attitude is that? I am your mother! How dare you speak to me like this!”
“Is it not true?”
Eliza looked at Evelyn coldly. “All my life, everything I had was taken away for Naomi. On Naomi’s birthday, all it took was one word and you flew her overseas, while I… I was left home alone. You said the family needed someone to stay behind; that I had to because I was the older sister.”
Just because she was the older sister, it didn’t mean she had to accept all of this.
Eliza rose to her feet and stepped in front of Evelyn. In a low voice, she said clearly, “Since Naomi loves taking everything that belongs to me, from now on, I will take everything that belongs to Naomi.”
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Chapter 78 A Burger Deal
Her words made Evelyn’s face go pale.
Eliza was not joking.
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She was going to take everything from Naomi; whether it was the university Naomi wanted, or the man Naomi liked, Eliza would take it.
Everything Naomi was supposed to have, Eliza would take.
Naomi had wanted to play piano at the gala to shine; Eliza would play too, and shatter Naomi’s future.
Naomi had abandoned Zayden in pursuit of wealth; Eliza would destroy Naomi’s path to wealth.
Naomi deserved to spend the rest of her life with Zayden in hardship.
And that was all she would get.
“You! What good does it do you to send your mother to jail?”
Evelyn grabbed Eliza by the collar. “Naomi is your sister; I am your mother. How can you be so heartless? You ungrateful brat!”
Eliza’s face remained expressionless.
Evelyn had scolded her the same way in the past.
But back then, she had been too small to fight back; she had only been able to endure it as Evelyn dragged her out into the snow to suffer alone in the freezing cold.
This time, Eliza shoved Evelyn to the floor.
She had grown stronger; she had the power now to resist Evelyn.
Evelyn fell hard, staring up at Eliza in disbelief.
Eliza towered over her and said, “That is right; am an ungrateful brat. And this ungrateful brat is not going to save you. I want to watch you go to jail and reflect on all the wrongs you have done.”
Evelyn was stunned. Eliza had always been a meek child, easy to control. When had everything spiraled out of control?
za picked up her backpack and walked out of the classroom alone.
Nolan glanced at the fallen Evelyn and let out a cold laugh.
He was about to leave as well, when Evelyn suddenly called out, “Young man! You are close to Eliza, are you not? Please talk to her for me! Tell her not to be so ungrateful!”
Evelyn looked at Nolan as if he were her last hope.
Hearing her self–important plea, Nolan finally understood why Eliza was so furious.
If I were Eliza, I would do far worse than she has. He thought.
“Old woman, if you are asking for help, you need to bow your head; get on your knees. Do you understand?”
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