Chapter 204

“You saw Angie, didn’t you?” Ingrid asked firmly.
“That bitch Angeline… It was her fault!” Tommy shouted as if he suddenly remembered the day he gambled with Angeline. “I was winning until that bitch Angeline showed up, and then I kept losing, losing, and losing!”
Ingrid held Tommy’s hand and said, “Just stay in the house for a couple of days. Don’t look at your phone, and don’t look at the news! Everything will be fine once the news subsided.
“The worst case scenario, we can just get you out of this country!”
“Out of this country, yes! Ingrid, please get me out of this country! I can’t stay here any longer!” Tommy bawled.
Carmen heard Tommy’s voice as she entered the house. She ran upstairs toward the bathroom and gave him a good thrashing.
“You little bastard! You’re our only child. Whatever you wanted, we gave them to you! Why did you do such a nasty thing with those men? You’ve embarrassed our family!” Carmen yelled while hitting Tommy. Ingrid quickly pulled Carmen away. “Stop it, Aunt Carmen! Stop hitting him!”
“It’s all your fault!” Carmen shouted hysterically as she pointed at Ingrid. “It’s your fault for becoming an artist! Would Tommy have gone viral if not for your fame? If it wasn’t for you, people wouldn’t even know what Tommy looks like!
“What did I do to deserve this? My kindness had raised me an ungrateful wretch. Not only did you not help Yates Group, and it will soon be taken away by your fiancee, but now you’ve ruined my only son’s life!”
“Aunt Carmen, how could you say that?” Carmen’s words hurt Ingrid.
Ingrid had tried her best to make Carmen change her mind, but Carmen didn’t listen. Hence, Fletcher Corporation’s pursuit of Yates Group was justifiable.
As for Tommy’s case, if Angeline was involved, all Ingrid could do was beg Angeline to be merciful and let Tommy go.
Ingrid found Angeline’s house in Oceanford, but Angeline had already left.
Ned was also busy with his trouble, so Ingrid didn’t ask him for help. Instead, she asked Linda to buy and publish seandals of other artists in the hope of diverting public attention so that people would soon forget about Tommy’s incident.
At the same time, Angeline had returned to Krontos with Xavier and arrived before the old Lawson residence once more.
This time, Angeline was mentally prepared. She clenched the box with the charm bracelet she had gotten from the church for Jessica tightly in her hands. Sean’s comfort calmed Angeline down.
Angeline saw Jessica holding
Yasmine’s little hand as their care arrived at the residence’s entrance. After taking a deep breath, Angeline
exited the car and stared at Jessica without looking away. Content
Jessica had her hair tied into a ponytail. She wore a pink turtleneck sweater with jeans and a cloak over her body.
Although she was over 40 years old, she looked as young as someone in their 30s.
Their eyes met. Jessica smiled sweetly toward Angeline as a greeting.
Sandy was stunned when she saw Angeline. She had been taking care of Jessica since she was little.
Maybe it was because they were related, although Angeline’s eyesz were the only features that looked exactly like Jessica’s, Sandy thought she had seen another Jessica when Angeline came out of the car.
“Mommy!” Yasmine let go of Jessica’s hand and ran toward Angeline before hugging her legs.
Yasmine looked up and saw Angeline staring at Jessica, then tugged Angeline’s hand and asked, “Mommy, don’t you miss me?”