Chapter 29: So what?
A moment of silence enveloped us as I looked at her with an anticipated look hanging on my face, only to be rudely smacked with the harsh reality in the next second.
"I’m sorry, darling, I didn’t see anything," my mother claimed. "I panicked when I saw the vase shattered onto the ground," she quickly said, making up some excuse.
I should have known that she wouldn’t say anything to help my case. Yet, I naively believed that she would help me despite what happened at the last incident when they accused me of stealing Evelyn’s diamond necklace.
"But I’m sure it was all just a big misunderstanding," she continued to explain in a hurry. "It was probably just an accident, don’t think too much about it, alright?" She urged, snapping me back to the present as she placed her hand on me and I quickly pushed it off of me in a fit of anger.
A scoff left my lips as I looked at my mother.
"A big misunderstanding?" I repeated with an incredulous look plastered across my face, tossing her words right back at her. "It’s not a misunderstanding, I know she pushed me! Why won’t anyone believe me!" I yelled out in desperation and I swore I could see a smirk tugging at the corners of Evelyn’s lips in self-satisfaction as she watched me slowly lose my mind.
"Stop it! That’s enough, Aurelia!" James’ loud voice reverberated in the living hall, bouncing off the walls of the mansion.
"What?! Am I being too loud? Am I scaring your precious daughter?"
Natalie pushed Evelyn to stand behind her at the same time as she met my gaze with a concerned look etched onto her face. "Aurelia, please calm down," she urged with a small frown resting between her brows.