Chapter 108: Don’t listen to her
A surprised gasp erupted from Evelyn’s throat and her hands flew to cover her mouth within the next second. "What...?" She mumbled under her breath, disbelief was written all over her face. It seemed like her world was falling apart right at this moment. "Is this..."
A flustered expression crossed my mother’s face in an instant when she realised what I had just said. She was stunned by my sudden accusation that was hurled right at her, not knowing what to say or how to respond. Her eyes darted around anxiously for a moment before she turned to look at Evelyn, meeting her gaze.
"Don’t listen to her, of course it’s not true," she quickly explained, the words left her lips in a trembling voice. Then, her voice dropped to a hush whisper as she kept her eyes fixed on Evelyn, holding her shoulders. "You are part of Lloyd’s family and nobody can take that away from you, got it?"
"How do you know you could trust her, Evelyn? She’s known to be a great liar and manipulator," I butted in and my mother snapped her head around to glare at me with an intense look swimming in her green eyes. "I bet she wanted to give you a better life so that’s why she did that. Maybe she swapped us when we were babies. So that makes me the daughter of the Lloyd family."
My mother’s eyes widened. "Aurelia... don’t go spouting nonsense!" She snarled with a deep frown resting between her brows. "Evelyn is not my daughter, you are. What the hell are you even talking about?"
"Are you sure? Because it sure as hell doesn’t feel like it at all."
"What makes you say that? Come on, don’t be ridiculous, Aurelia. Of course, I am your mother," she insisted with a determined look on her face as she stepped forward, trying to hold my hand but I quickly pulled my hand back, disgusted at the thought of her touching me.
She took a deep breath this time, her features masked with a calm expression. "Look, we only came to visit you out of concern, why are you giving us such a hard time? Are you out to get us or something?" She hissed, the words that left her lips were dripping with accusation.
"Well, I never said I was going to make it easy, now did I?" I retorted as my voice remained unwavering, my tone carrying a sharp edge to it. "If you don’t leave right this second then –"