Chapter 74
It was always the same group, reaching out to her whenever they felt like it, acting all familial while brandishing their supposed superiority, hoping to lord it over her.
The words “Have I ever acknowledged you as my mother?” sent Cloudia into an apoplectic rage.
Stella retorted, “Questioning me? And on what grounds, pray tell?”
“Even if you refuse to admit it, I am your mother!” Cloudia was livid.
Without hesitation, Stella dialed Susanna’s number
The phone was picked up promptly, “Star”
Glancing at Cloudia, Stella spoke decisively into the phone, “I need you to publish an article stating that I am not a daughter of the
arkin family. It should say the Larkins made a mistake. I’ll send you the paternity test later to include.”
“You’ve lost your mind!”
Cloudia was in disbelief, snatching Stella’s phone and abruptly ending the call.
“You actually are going to cut ties with us? Have you gone mad?” Cloudia, hysterical, yelled at her.
Stella snatched back her phone, “Is it really so strange to want to sever ties?”
“You, you, you ingrate…”
“Ingrate? Ha!” Stella’s scoff was laden with irony. The notion felt like a ridiculous joke to her. “If I were to be ingrate, it certainly wouldn’t be directed at you. Who even are you?”
Cloudia was speechless.
Every word was a clear line drawn, distancing herself further.
Cloudia was nearly breathless with fury, her gaze towards Stella filled with resentment.
“I nearly died giving birth to you, and this is how you repay me?”
“Trying to guilt–trip me?” Stella uttered.
As if intimidation wasn’t enough, now she was resorting to moral blackmail?
“Well, when you had people bring me back, Ursula had reclaimed the price for your sake. I got hit and bled profusely, nearly lost my life.” That car accident had nearly been the end of her. A severe head injury, losing blood fast, and at death’s door until timely intervention saved her.
“My life was saved by doctors. You might have stayed in the hospital for a month at best when having me? I was hospitalized for two twice as much!”
That’s not how debts of life are settled. I gave you life, you can’t sever ties with me.”
“Well then, if not severing ties with you works, how about letting Ursula go, would that be fine?”
“Don’t even think about it.”
The mere mention of Ursula set Cloudia off even more.
When Stella was brought back, Cloudia had promised to Ursula, no matter what, she would still be considered her daughter.
“The accident wasn’t her fault, don’t you dare take it out on her.”
Even now, Cloudia still stood by Ursula on this matter.
To say Stella didn’t feel disappointed would be an understatement.
“So, you can’t cut ties with me, can’t let Ursula go either, quite greedy, aren’t you?”
“Anyway, you dare publish that article, I will publicly denounce it as a lie. If you want to avoid embarrassment, I’d advise against such
actions.”
“Threatening me now, after everything?”
Stella found the idea laughable. It seemed these people hadn’t learned enough of their lesson yet.
“You kept the daughter of the nanny who swapped your child close, and now you threaten the daughter you had so much trouble finding because of the nanny’s daughter?
Mrs. Larkin, there’s something seriously wrong with your brain.”
Really, what kind of sane person wouldn’t despise the nanny responsible for swapping their child?
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Chapter 74
This Carin
family saga was truly a spectacle for the agest
