Ch. 2381..2390
Chapter 2381
"Dad, do you know how scared and desperate I felt when I had to wield a dagger and defend myself? I'd rather just die but my cruelty and cold-bloodedness prompted me to dash toward them frantically. When the innocent little angels died at my feet and I had to drink their blood to survive, do you know what I was thinking?"
When Charles and Madam Banners heard Roxie recalling her past, they were so shocked by her cruel way of life that their bodies shuddered in fright.
Bebe was shivering in Madam Banners' arms. She recalled all of the stupid things she had done a few days ago. She so boldly provoked this seemingly weak and helpless little girl.
Roxie was not as gentle as she looked at all. She was clearly a devil who would kill without so much as a blink.
Roxie let out a long sigh, her eyes gleaming with tears.
At that moment, she was clearly a bloodthirsty demon, but there was helpless despair on her face.
"I was thinking that no matter the cost, I have to stay alive. As long as I live, I'll go back to my biological parents. They were the ones who abandoned me after giving me life and turned me into a devil." Roxie suddenly smiled grimly. She turned her head to
look at Charles. "Dad, do you know that for every single life I took, they'll all become ghosts who'll seek to settle scores with you?"
Madam Banners screamed in fright, "You were the one who killed them, why on earth would they settle scores with us?"
Roxie said, "Because every time I hold a dagger and kill someone, I put my focus on all of my resentment for you."
Charles and Madam Banners were so frightened that their bodies softened into a pool of mud.
The only reason that they could remain alive right now was Roxie's disabled body.
"There's no need to say anymore, Roxie. I'm truly sorry for what I've done. I promise that I'll make it up to you in the future. I swear. I'll even give you all the family's properties," Charles pleaded. Roxie raised her head and laughed out loud.
Baby Robbie scoffed. "Heh. Do you
think Six is interested in the Banners' meager amount of properties, Charles Banners? My father prepared asset reserves for each daughter of the Ares family. It's enough to sustain their next few generations."
When Charles heard this, he felt incredibly ashamed.
Roxie looked at Charles with much hatred and resentment before sneering.
"Charles, Charles. I've hated you for so many years, and I finally got out of hell. How could I forgive you so easily?"
"What do you want from me?" Charles asked tremblingly.
Roxie said, "Since I climbed out of hell, I should kick all of you there."
Madam Banners held onto Bebe and tried to retort," Roxie, your father was the one who abandoned you. It has nothing to do with me. Please, please let me and Bebe go."
Roxie glanced at her contemptuously. "Has nothing to do with you, you say?"
She gritted her teeth and said
angrily, "If it weren't for you hooking
up with him; how could he have
given up on my mother? I hate you
the most out of all of you. A dog in a manger and a morally corrupt mistress.
"Since you two love each other so much, then you should continue to love each other from now on."
Madam Banners begged, "You're not
in good health, Roxie. If you let us go, I promise you I'll treat you kindly in the future. I'll do my best to serve you and will never abuse you again. I'll let you have a decent life for the next half of your life."
"I already gave you the opportunity to redeem yourselves, but you didn't cherish it."
"What can you possibly do to us?" Madam Banners plucked up some courage as she looked at Roxie's pale face, trying to defend herself for the last time.
Chapter 2382
Chapter 2382
"You're already in a wheelchair, Roxie. I heard that the poison in your body is incurable. You're just a dying girl, what can you do to us?" Madam Banners glared at Roxie furiously.
A sharp streak of light flashed across Roxie's eyes." Before I die, I'll make all of you share the same fate as w. H me.
Baby Robbie pampered Sis Six, so he smiled while asking Roxie, "How do you want me to punish them, Six? I can do it in your place."
Roxie looked over at the noble and benevolent Baby Robbie with a smile.
She still remembered that when the military intelligence division sisters saw Baby Robbie for the first time, Monster was holding his hand and walking toward them slowly. Baby Robbie's handsome appearance immediately made them feel that it was such a pity.
He was such a beautiful boy. Many women would have fallen for that face of his. In the future, he would certainly become Monster's most outstanding heir and the evilest of them all.
Then, Monster also gave them a task. He asked them to train Baby Robbie into a cold-blooded devil who would kill without so much as a blink.
Nonetheless, when Baby Robbie came to them, he was lively and cheerful. He would sweetly call out to them whenever he saw them.
There were always tears in his eyes whenever someone was sick or injured.
Baby Robbie even sneaked out of the military intelligence division once to seek vengeance for them.
In Robert's eyes, the sisters were all good people while the people out there were definitely bad people.
The military intelligence division sisters had secretly placed a bet on when Lil Fox would completely turn evil.
Some of them said ten days.
Some said within a month.
Some even said three months.
After all, inside the military intelligence division, everyone was driven to do something terrible every day just solely for a shot of survival. Many of them became desensitized after a week. However, Baby Robbie was kind, and his love influenced his opponents. He would rather starve to death than harm small animals.
For such a kind-hearted Baby Robbie, Sis Daisy had to take a different approach. She immediately skipped over those brutal mutual massacre situations and began to teach Baby Robbie some special agent skills.
Over time, Baby Robbie became an outstanding killer of the military intelligence division. He got along with the sisters day and night, and he also worked hard to solve problems for the sisters. He rejoiced for the sisters' achievements and wept bitterly for the sisters who passed. He instilled the light of dawn. into the sisters' lonely and dark years, becoming their redemption.
It was all because he had selflessly treated the sisters as his own relatives.
The sisters went from wanting to quickly drag him into hell to tacitly wanting to protect him and make him different from them just so he could have his own happily ever after. Hence, at this moment...
Roxie undoubtedly opposed Baby Robbie's plea.
She would never want Baby Robbie's hands to be stained with blood for her, so she said to Baby Robbie," I'd like to punish them myself, Robbie."
"You're injured. Even your prey doesn't take you seriously. Why are you trying to be brave?" Baby Robbie reprimanded Roxie.
Roxie said, "Robbie, before lions kill
their prey, they like playing with them slowly. That's the joy of taking revenge. Don't worry about it. They're merely ordinary people Even if I'm on my last breath, I'll still be able to subdue them."
Baby Robbie said sharply, "Sis Six, you're all thin now. You're so ugly."
Roxie touched her face, then looked at Baby Robbie in surprise. "Is that so?"
Baby Robbie said, "You have to take good care of yourself. Otherwise, others will think that the Areses have been unkind to you."
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Chapter 2383
Roxie immediately understood Baby Robbie's intentions. She smiled charmingly, saying, "Don't worry. I'll take good care of myself. It won't be long before I get back to my bright and beautiful image. I won't disappoint Daddy and Mommy."
Baby Robbie said, "This sort of plan that involves yourself getting hurt to inflict damage on the enemies isn't allowed after this."
Roxie nodded while blushing with shame. "I got it."
Baby Robbie walked up to the maid and said, "You're to take care of my Sis Six in the future. In return, I won't do anything unkind to you."
The maid knew that Roxie was not someone she should mess with, so she would not dare to have any bad intentions. She nodded immediately and said," Yes, I'll take good care of the young miss." Afterward, the maid entered the kitchen and brought out a platter of food for Roxie.
Seeing this, Baby Robbie finally left while at ease.
After Roxie filled up her stomach, she finally regained her strength.
Charles, Madam Banners, and Bebe had also recovered their senses. Seeing that Baby Robbie was gone and Roxie was still sitting in a wheelchair, they stood up i
n a daze.
Madam Banners sat on the chair while letting out a heavy sigh of relief.
It was as if a storm had passed.
At this time, Madam Banners' pet cat jumped onto Roxie. In the past couple of days, the cat had been eating Roxie's food. Its character was just as domineering as its master.
Roxie looked at the cat with a cold pair of eyes. Unexpectedly, the bastard abruptly showed its claw and left a scratch on Roxie's hand. A line of blood bright red came oozing out. Madam Banners' eyes exuded a kind of smugness. She thought that the cat had gotten revenge for her.
Who would have imagined that the next moment, Roxie suddenly grabbed the cat's neck and scoffed viciously? "What a bold little thing. Since you can't adapt to current circumstances, why should I keep you around?"
Then, she gradually increased the strength in her hand.
Meanwhile, the cat was struggling in pain.
Madam Banners was so frightened that her face turned pale. She continuously pleaded with Roxie, "It's just a small pet, Roxie. It doesn't understand anything. Please don't hurt her."
Roxie insinuated, "If I don't teach it a lesson, then any
Tom, Dick, or Harry will think that they can bully me in the future. Since I promised Baby Robbie that I'll live a good life in the future with the demeanor of a queen, I can't make him worry."
Then, Roxie's slender fingers tightened their grip, making the cat whimper in pain. Its thick neck started becoming thinner and thinner.
Looking at her beloved pet cat being
abused in such a manner, Bebe
simply could not bring herself to
ет
witness such a horrifying scene. She turned around and begged Roxie,
"Please, Sister. I was wrong. Please let her go."
Roxie said, "Let it go? Sure thing. How about exchanging your life for hers, then?"
Bebe shook her head in fright.
Roxie threw the cat up to the sky, and the cat flew high up before falling right in front of Bebe.
Its body was torn and its bones were crushed into pieces.
Bebe screamed in fright. "Ahhh!!!"
It was as if she lost her mind as she started crawling around the room. "Don't kill me. Don't kill me! I'll give you your dad back!"
She was so terrified that she started wetting her pants.
Seeing this, Madam Banners was so distressed that she crawled over to save her trembling daughter.
"How atrocious! What kind of sin did I possibly commit to get this kind of retribution?!"
Charles burst into tears. "Have
vel.net
made enough of a ruckus now, ever forgive you if
Roxie?
anything happens to your sister
from the fright you caused her!"
Roxie thought that it was amusing. She raised her head to start laughing.
"Hahaha! When did I say I needed your forgiveness? Charles Banners, shouldn't you be the one asking me for forgiveness?"
It was as if her voice had come from the depths of hell.
Charles' heart shuddered slightly as he closed his eyes in despair.
However, the worst had yet to come.
It was because Jens had gone all out to siege the family businesses of Charles and Madam Banners. Soon, the two's companies were on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Chapter 2384
Charles and Madam Banners had been living worry-free lives for decades. They would always have the support of their families whenever they encountered any difficulties. After leading such smooth-sailing lives, they were terrified when they suddenly encountered such a catastrophe.
Roxie looked at them coldly. She watched as the clothes worn by Madam Banners and Bebe gradually changed from luxury brands to ordinary brands. The bags on their shoulders also changed from limited editions to ordinary ones. All of the luxurious meals on their dining table gradually disappeared as well. Roxie could see the fall of the Banners family, but Charles and Madam Banners were still fighting for thei lives while trying to hold on.
It was the young lady of the house, Bebe, who could not take it anymore. She broke down at home and burst into tears.
"Roxie Banners, the people in the wrong here are my mom and dad, not me. Why do you want me to suffer with them?"
Madam Banners looked at her beloved daughter in disbelief. She did not expect her darling daughter to be disloyal to them in the face of difficulties.
"I'm your mother, Bebe. Everyone in the world can criticize me for being a mistress, but you can't,"
Madam Banners said with flushed eyes.
Bede knelt on the ground, extremely devastated.
"Mom, I never thought there was anything wrong with my birth before because everyone around me was very friendly to me. They would flatter me and please me, making me feel that being rich and powerful was everything.
"But now, wherever I go, people would point their fingers at me and curse at me. They say that I'm the daughter of a mistress. They say that my mother forced her way into another person's marriage and made the husband's first wife miserable. They also say that my dad is an ungrateful, money-grubbing scumbag.
"I finally understand that being a mistress' daughter means I was born into a life of sin. I hate you for giving birth to me irresponsibly. I hate the two of you!"
When Madam Banners and Charles listened to their daughter's complaints, they crumbled in an instant.
The mental pressure they had been facing in the past few days was released at this moment.
Charles glared at Roxie angrily. "You did this to Bebel You made her become like this. Roxie, I'm the one in the wrong. Why do you want to implicate your sister?"
Roxie said "Because I'm the devil.
When the devil takes his revenge he doesn't care about right or wrong.
He simply slaughters everyone in
hell."
Charles closed his eyes in despair.
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"Roxie, the Banners are ruined now. What do you want me to do so that you'll stop?"
Roxie said grimly, "I want a home. A home with a kind and amiable father and a merciful mother. If you can' return that home to me, I'll forgive you."
Charles staggered in front of Madam Banners and Bebe. His hair was in disarray as if he had turned several decades older overnight.
He apologized to Madam Banners and Bebe. He said," Let's get a divorce, dear. Take Bebe with you and leave this house."
If it was before, Madam Banners would never so much as frown at him if he brought up getting a divorce.
However, her own family had been destroyed now and her relatives hated her for getting them involved.
They were eager to cut ties with her.
It could be said that she had nothing except for Charles.
How could she cut off the only person she could rely on?
"We can't get a divorce, darling. Believe me, we'll rise again in the future."
Charles looked at Roxie. Seeing her cold face that did not flinch even the he knew just how
daughter's heart was.
belongs to en.swnovo cold his
Sheart was.
She was determined to pull him into hell.
Charles pushed Madam Banners' hand away and said, "We're getting a divorce tomorrow, Miranda." "No!" Madam Banner howled.
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Chapter 2385
Madam Banners crawled over to Roxie's feet as she cried bitterly and begged, "Roxie, your father is old and needs my care. I'm old as well and not in good health, so I need him too. Just let us rely on each other for the remainder of our lives."
Roxie looked at her as if she was a joke. "Madam Banners, do you remember that your current situation is exactly the same as the situation my biological mother was in ten years ago?" Madam Banners' face instantly turned pale.
Roxie said angrily, "Do you know how desperate my mother was back then? She was seriously ill and bedridden, yet you couldn't care less about her life or death. You took away the only man she could rely on. Now, you're asking me to take pity on you? Do you think I should show you mercy?"
Madam Banners fell to the floor.
She finally understood what Roxie's method of revenge was. Roxie wanted to distort everything. She was reversing the roles so that she and Bebe could go through what Roxie and her mother went through when Charles abandoned them. Now, Roxie was the one at the top while she and Bebe had become the helpless and pitiful worms who were being abandoned.
Roxie said complacently, "Madam Banners, I deliberately made the two of you go bankrupt so that you could experience my mother's pain. I want you to live in guilt forever. I'll let you repent for your actions until the day you die."
Madam Banners muttered, "I regret it now. I truly do. I was too young back then, Roxie. I fell for someone and wanted to take him all for myself. I never thought that it would bring you so much pain. I'm sorry." Roxie said, "If you're truly sorry, then quickly divorce my father. Return my father to my mother."
At the moment, Madam Banners felt like a fallen leaf swaying in the wind and rain. She was utterly helpless. How could she be willing to let Charles go?
"No. I can't leave your dad. I'm old now and don't have the energy to start another relationship."
Roxie looked at Charles and asked, "Do you think so too, Dad?"
Charles glanced at Madam Banners and felt some pity for her. However, the resentment of being the son-in-law who married into his wife's family for so many years had wiped out all of his love.
Hence, he said decisively, "Don't
worry, Roxie 'll send for someone to look for your mother and bring her back. We'll live together as a family
from now on. But I beg you amily
I please
stop making things difficult for Bebe and her mother."
Roxie did not speak. She merely glanced at him meaningfully, then left in her wheelchair.
That was when she heard the voices
of Madam Banners and Charles arguing from behind her. "Darling, are you really going to look for that faded ld woman? I forbid you to
look for her. You're Bebe's father and my husband. You're my husband alone!"
Charles said with dissatisfaction, with "Can't you see the situation? Why are you still fighting for a false reputation? I'm telling you, you have to quickly let Roxie vent her anger. Otherwise, our lives will continue to be difficult."
"We've sincerely apologized to her, but she's being too demanding. She wants to drive a wedge between us. We can't just follow everything according to her wishes, right?"
"If we don't, then our lives will only get more and more difficult from now on. Do you want to look on as our family's businesses get destroyed?"
Bebe covered her ears and shouted uncontrollably," Stop arguing! Stop arguing! Please stop arguing!"
"Bebe." Madam Banners hugged her and wept bitterly.
When Roxie was listening to them argue, a cold sneer appeared in her eyes.
She used to be very familiar with such a scene because this was her childhood.
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Her parents used to argue endlessly every day as she hid in the corner and allowed fear to envelop her.
She was so young at that time, but she remembered everything so clearly. Many people stated that three or four-year-old children would have zero memories of their childhood, but almost everything that happened to her had hurt her to her core, making her remember them vividly.
A few days later.
Charles disregarded Madam Banners' objection and set off to look for Roxie's mother.
The poor woman who was abandoned by him had never left that dilapidated house her whole life.
When Charles entered the house, there was an incredibly musty stench. A thin woman was lying on the bed. Her hair was completely gray and she looked unusually old.
Her pair of dry eyes shifted slightly as that was the little energy she had left in her.
Her eyes fell on Charles in a daze. After taking quite some time to recognize him, she was so stirred up that she burst into tears.
"Charles, you're back." Her voice was extremely hoarse.
"Did you find our girl? Where is she? I haven't seen her
for a long time. Is she okay?"
Charles' expression appeared heavy, or rather, he was ashamed.
The woman on the bed was clearly several years younger than him, but she looked so old now just like a grandmother.
If she had not called his name out, he would not have believed that this person was his first wife.
He became slightly contemptuous of her as she looked too sloppy and ugly. She was no longer worthy of his flourishing self. However, thinking of Roxie, he had to bite the bullet and lean forward. "Lumi, I'm here to pick you up."
The woman was shuddering in tears.
Her shoulders were twitching continuously.
Charles initially thought that she was crying from joy.
Unexpectedly the old woman suddenly became furious at him. "Go away! I don't ever want to see you again. You ruined my life, and you ruined our girl's life! Why hasn't God punished you yet, you heartless man? You don't deserve to live in this world!"
Charles had always hated her potty mouth, as well as her valiant, tomboy-like character. Seeing that her temper had not changed at all, he felt a surge of anger in his heart. "Your daughter's back. She'd like to see you. Don't you want to see her?" he asked rather angrily.
"My girl? My girl..." The old woman burst into tears.
"My girl really came back? Sob, sob... I don't even have the nerve to see her. It was all my fault. I lost her back then. I'm not worthy enough to be a mother." Then, Charles ordered his servants to carry the old woman away.
When Charles brought his first wife through the door of the Banners household, Madam Banners held a knife to her neck. She vowed to stop Roxie's mother from entering the house.
"Charles Banners, if she's here then I'll no longer be around. Think very carefully about what you want to d o next."
Charles was in a predicament now. He scolded Madam Banners and said, "Roxie's mother is gravely ill and it's her last wish to see Roxie."
Madam Banners knew that she was the mistress.
There could not be two wives under the same roof. In the past, although she was in the wrong and her position was unfavorable, she still managed to drive the first wife away and occupied the top seat.
However, she was no longer at the advantage now. The other party had a clever and quick-witted daughter. She was no longer certain that she could keep the man's heart. Hence, she wanted to stop that possibility from ever happening right from the start.
Madam Banners said with flushed eyes, "If you dare to let her step foot into this house, then I'll die in front of you."
Bebe dashed forward and screamed in fright when she saw her mother's behavior.
"Ahh!!!"
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Chapter 2387
"Mom, don't!" Bebe could not imagine how desolate her life would become if she lost her mother, the only person she could rely on!
However, she seemed to be vaguely enlightened, allowing her to experience Roxie's pain and despair back then.
Bebe felt sympathy for her half-sister for the first time.
Charles looked at Madam Banners helplessly. At this moment, he was no longer as gentle and good-tempered as he was in the past. He felt a sense of grudge and disdain toward her for all of her past actions. "Bebe, make your mother put the knife down."
Bebe looked at her father, and the disdainful gaze in his eyes stabbed her heart. She suddenly despised her father from the bottom of her heart as she started thinking that he had bad morals.
Bebe cried as she tried to save her parents' relationship that was on the verge of breaking. "Dad, Mom doesn't want her to come into our house, so you shouldn't let her in. Even if you're getting yourself a new family, I beg you to bring them away and build your family in a new place. You should at least leave this one roof for me and Mom."
Charles angrily rebuked Bebe, "I have a fair share for
this house as well, so why should I leave? You two short-sighted women are only interested in your own benefits. I've had enough of you!"
Madam Banners' eyes were crimson red with tears as she said, "I've finally seen your true colors, Charles Banners. You're nothing but a gold-digging bastard. You were lying when you said you loved me back then. What you loved was the status, glory, and wealth that I could bring to you.
"In fact, the person you love most is yourself, Charles. You're selfish and heartless. I hate myself for not seeing your true colors sooner."
Madam Banners dropped the knife and no longer threatened to commit suicide.
"My name's on the title of this house as well, so why should I leave?"
She pulled up Bebe who was sitting on the ground and said, "Bebe, we have to be dependent on each other from now on. Rest assured, no one will be able to drive us away."
Madam Banners pulled Bebe into the bedroom and locked the door. The two of them hugged each other and cried it out while trying to comfort each other.
Charles could not care less about Madam Banners at this moment. He ordered his servants to bring his ex-wife in and put her on the sofa.
She was as thin as a little old woman and weak as a half-grown child.
Her cloudy eyes surveyed this unfamiliar place. It was the most beautiful house she had ever seen.
Finally, her eyes fell on Roxie, who was in a wheelchair. Her pupils moved slightly.
Roxie also looked at her quietly.
Her mother's past youthful face appeared in her mind, which was of peerless elegance. However, she looked so old now that no one could see her past beauty one bit.
However, she was clearly not even 40 years old.
She looked so old as all the ups and downs of her life and the injustice she experienced were written on her face.
Roxie was reminded that when her mother was younger, she had always quarreled and fought with her father.
Once, she was beaten by her father to the point that she was bedridden. She no longer had the energy to take care of Roxie. Then, Roxie would lay on top of her whenever she was hungry.
Her mother would push her away
angrily while yelling at her, "Goet
get food from the granny next door! Go now! You'll starve to death if you wait around here!"
At the time, Roxie thought that her mother was fierce and no longer loved her. That thought stuck with her until she was all grown up.
Later, she began to reflect on it. If her mother had not done this at that time, she would have starved to death.
It turned out that she was merely teaching her how to survive.
Although that method of survival made her suffer, at least very least, she survived.
Now, with her biological mother in front of her, Roxie finally had the opportunity to ask whether or not she had ever loved her.
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Chapter 2388
"My girl." Lumia ultimately recognized her daughter after quite some time and called out to her long-lost daughter. Roxie wheeled her wheelchair over in front of Lumia a s this would allow her mother to see her face more clearly.
The old woman had already burst into tears. Her dry pupils gushed out with tears. She was tongue-tied but still managed to say the words, "My girl. You're my little girl."
Roxie's face was still cold because in her memory, this woman had never been kind to her.
She looked at her coldly and asked, "Have you been well?"
After asking this sentence, Roxie felt that it was a silly question.
Lumia clearly looked like she had led a very tough life.
However, she unexpectedly nodded again and again before replying, "I've been doing well, my girl. There's no need to worry about me."
Roxie was slightly stunned.
Even so, Roxie sneered at her, "Why should I worry about you?"
The old woman was stunned for a moment, but the loss in her eyes disappeared in a flash. It was as if she was humbly trying to please Roxie. "Yes, yes, you're right. There's no need for you to be worried for me. As long as you're well, I'm well."
While she was talking, she suddenly burst into tears.
It seemed difficult to conceal her sorrow. "It's all my fault. I was useless and I couldn't protect you so I lost you. You must have had a hard time all these years. Whenever I thought about you being out there all alone with no one to care for you and love you, I felt nothing but sadness."
Roxie said, "When I was by your side, no one loved me and cared for me either, right? Besides hitting and scolding me, and asking me to beg for food, how else did you provide for me?"
The old woman covered her face with her hands and burst into tears.
"I truly regret it. I've felt nothing but guilt over the years. I regret giving birth to you because I'm not a good mother. I won't ask for your forgiveness, my girl.
I just wish that you'll live a good life and forget all of those unhappy memories in the past. If you kept holding onto grudges, it won't be good for your body."
Roxie looked at the woman's flushed red eyes. They were blood-shot, cloudy, and dull. They seemed like a pair of eyes that had been crying for far too long. She felt inexplicably restless in her heart.
"I've earned a lot of money now, so I can treat your sickness. I can also give you food and clothing. Tell me, how much do you want? For the sake of giving birth to me, I'll try my best to meet your requirements."
When Charles heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
However, the old woman shook her head desperately. " My life's already ruined, and don't expect to get rich. You should keep your money, girl. Life is not smooth-sailing. Remember, you need to have some money saved up so when things go Wrong, you can take it out for emergencies."
Roxie fell into deep silence.
Then, she told the maid, "Place her in the bedroom next to mine."
The maid nodded and said, "Yes."
The old woman felt overwhelmed by this and said. There's no need, my girl. I'm sick. Me staying here with you will only cause trouble for you. Just send me back. Now that I've seen you, I have no more regrets in this life. I'd be happy even if I die."
Roxie replied, "You can stay here. Let's find a time for you to remarry my father."
The old woman objected again and again. "No. I'm not remarrying him. I hate him! If it weren't for him, would I have been so miserable?"
The old woman was still brooding over something. "When you disappeared, I begged him to look for you but he only cared about his own life. He has never thought of you as his own daughter." Then, Roxie turned her cold eyes toward Charles.
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Chapter 2389
Charles quickly defended himself, saying, "I had my own sets of difficulties. I divorced from you and built a separate family with Miranda Forks. In those few years when I first joined the Forks' family, my status was low and I had no real power or money. How could I have done anything to help find our daughter?"
Ultimately, he did not forget to provoke the motherdaughter relationship between the old woman and Roxie. He pushed the conflict to the old woman instead. "You keep saying that I have no love for our daughter, but what about you? When we divorced, you did everything possible to take custody of our daughter but you never cherished her well. Don't think that I don't know about you transferring all your anger for me on her back then. You beat her up and scolded her. You instigated her to go out and beg for food. How could you be so cruel? She was only a three-year-old child." The old woman bawled. "Did you think I wanted to do that? Ask yourself, Charles Banners. When you and I divorced, you took away all our savings and left our daughter to me. Because of the blow of the divorce, I got sick again. I had no money to go and see a doctor. If I wanted my child to survive, I could only teach her to be more shameless, no?
"I admit that I was horrible to my kid. I've been drowning in guilt and self-blame all these years. But what about you? You live in a big house. You have more and more power in your hands. You clearly had the ability to give your daughter a better life, but you weren't willing to support us."
Roxie looked at Charles coldly and said faintly, "She wasn't good to me but that's excusable. As for you, you knew that I was living in dire straits but you turned a blind eye to me. You're a horrible father." Charles said nervously and fearfully, "Roxie, don't listen to her nonsense. I really had my difficulties too."
Roxie looked at the pair of heads upstairs that were sticking out of the stairs' railing. She sneered ironically, "If you want me to believe you, then prove it to me."
That night, Charles went looking for Madam Banners and wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with her, but it turned into a fierce dispute in the end.
Madam Banners said, "Charles Banners, I'll fulfill your wishes if you want a divorce, but the condition is that you leave the house."
She could now see that Charles was a vile self-seeking person. As long as she held onto the property and refused to let go, Charles would be reluctant to part with her. This situation was at a stalemate for a few days.
Charles and Madam Banners' quarrel was reaching its climax, and their relationship was even more rigid than ever.
At this time, Angeline, the young madam of the Ares household, finally came to visit.
Madam Banners complained to Angeline while sobbing. The rough content of her story was about Roxie using her powerful connections to intimidate them. She said that Roxie was using the Ares family's formidable power to tyrannically abuse the Banners.
Roxie's face grew extremely dark.
She loved her mommy Angeline very much, as Angeline was the person who had the purest love for her in the world.
Roxie knew that Angeline was in poor health and did not want to worry her further, so she silently accepted whatever Madam Banners was saying.
After Madam Banners vented her frustration, she felt relieved. She was secretly proud that she had found the key to subdue the female devil Roxie. That person was Angeline.
It turned out that Roxie was afraid of Angeline to such a level.
After Angeline listened to Madam Banners' tirade, she did not act as how Madam Banners' thought she would. She slowly walked in front of Roxie raised her chin, and looked at her carefully before saying, "Roxie, you've lost weight."
Roxie's tears instantly flowed out of her eyes. Only Mommy Angeline would care about her health before anything else.
Angeline turned around and walked
in front of Madam Banners, saying earnestly, "Madam Banners, you
accused my dear Roxie of being net
vicious and bullying you. But have you ever considered that you are the root of all of this?"
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Chapter 2390
"Roxie, your mother's love for you is carved all over her face." Angeline was a mother, so she clearly understood the hardships of raising a child and the countless moments of wanting to break down. Nonetheless, she was able to restrain herself.
However, for Roxie's mother, who had faced so much unfair treatment, how could she not collapse?
Roxie looked over at her mother and thought that she looked so old.
Suddenly, she called out to her affectionately, "Mom."
The old woman burst into tears.
"Yes." The old woman was incredibly ecstatic.
Roxie's journey of seeking true love and making up for the shortcomings of her life was now over. She felt relieved. Although she did not have a kind father, she was already satisfied that she could have an amiable mother.
Angeline was kindly offering a hand to Roxie and her mother. "Sis, your daughter is the adopted daughter of the Ares family. Now that you're reunited, what would you like to do?"
The old woman took Angelina's hand in a stirred up manner and said gratefully, "Madam, thank you for helping my Roxie. You've raised her so well. I can
never repay your kindness and great virtue.
"My girl is doing well now, so I won't worry about her anymore. As for me, my body is already riddled with various diseases. I don't want to stay by her side and drag her down again. I've dragged her down since she was a child. I can't be selfish anymore.
"Madam, I beg of you. Please just take me home."
Roxie was sobbing continuously.
At this moment, she truly felt her mother's love for her. It was not about money at all. It was nothing but pure love.
Her mother had exchanged her
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whole life for her. When she gave birth to her, she did not kill her despite her broken marriage. Now that Roxie had come back with a better life, her mother did not ask her for anything.
Most of the tragedies in her mother's life were caused by her.
Roxie pleaded with Angeline while stammering," Mommy, I want to keep her by my side and take good care of her for a few years so that she's able to live in peace."
Angeline nodded in relief. "Very good. Then we'll bring your mother to Tourmaline Estate. We'll treat her well and try to let her live a good life for a few years."
Roxie opened her arms and hugged Angeline. "Thank you, Mommy."
Angeline fondly caressed her head. "Such a good girl."
When Charles and Madam Banners heard that Roxie's biological mother was going to stay in Tourmaline Estate, they were immediately jealous.
Charles cautiously probed Angeline and said, "Madam, Roxie is also my daughter. I owe her so much over the years. I'd like to make it up to her, so please give me a chance, Madam."
Angelina's eyes sank slightly. "I've already given you a chance, Charles Banners. When you came to meet Roxie at Tourmaline Estate that day, you swore to me that you would take good care of her. But what happened?"
Angelina's tone was raised a little
higher and Charles trembled in fear. He pointed at Madam Banners and said, "It's all her. She was coveting for Roxie's dowry, that's why she instigated me to take her back. Who would've thought that she wasn't being sincere toward Roxie? Madam, please forgive me. I truly regret what I've done. I... am willing to remarry my first wife."
Madam Banners' eyes suddenly turned red with anger. "Charles Banners, you ingrate! Have you forgotten that without the help of my parents all these years, you'd be nothing?!"
Charles scolded angrily, "You have
the gall to mention your family to me?! For so many years, they have never accepted me sincerely. They think of me as nothing but a casual laborer and would shout at and quarrel with me. They've never seen me as an actual human being!"