Chapter 189: Strong And Courageous
Mrs. Brown pressed her lips with that question. She looked uncomfortable. "It was... Her friends told us that Laura admitted to cheating with a married man and... It’s all out now. If you watch the news, you can..."
Rory nodded. Why wouldn’t they doubt Liam? Lennon would have planned for everything. And Allison’s death would have confirmed their belief.
And it would be better if she does not ask more about Laura to her mother. She would be grieving. She can get the answers with just some taps on her phone screen. She need not prod over the wounds of this old lady.
"My Laura..." Mrs. Brown held her hand breaking her from her thoughts. "She’d scream at me for saying this, but... She was very jealous of you. Right from her first year, she got on the wrong foot with you. She talked to me about how "controlling" you were of your husband and..."
Rory wetted her lips. She thought that Liam’s loud proclamation, standing on the bench after Laura confessed to him, must have been hurtful to her. And although she had no control over Liam in that situation, Laura must have ended up hating her.
She always wondered why women hate other women so easily for whatever reason even when the man is in the wrong.
"I knew; I knew that my Laura was jealous. I told her to stay away from married men. She didn’t like me advising her, of course, but she stopped talking about you all the time. I thought she was over it. But during the final year, she started bashing you... You were the topper in your department, yeah?" Mrs. Brown asked.
Rory nodded. "Briefly, yes. But that’s not..."
"It must have been hard for you and easy for you at the same time, right?" Mrs. Brown asked.
Rory was confused.
"Your beauty," Mrs. Brown cleared her doubts immediately. She held Rory’s hand tightly.
"No..." Rory blushed. "I don’t think that I am that beautiful. And~"