Chapter 238
Joel fidgeted uneasily as his eyes flitted between Queenie and Madeline.
Once Queenie caught his hesitation, she felt even more justified in doubling down.
"See? Your son can''t even say anything! Your children must be the ones in the wrong!" Queenie bent
down to ask her son, "Jay, tell me. Why did you and those two…"
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The word ''b*stards'' was right on the tip of her tongue when she recalled who Madeline was, so she
swallowed them back down before switching to saying, "...ssmates fight?"
"I don''t know why either," Jayden sniffed and cried. "I was just ying with Rennie York and Gordon
Gatsby like I always do when Joel suddenly came over and started hitting me, so we got into a fight."
"Hah! Did you hear what he said? Who started the fight, huh?" Queenie felt she had the high ground as
she started pointing fingers at Madeline and raged, "My son has been raised in a warm and loving
environment, and no one has everid a finger on him! Look at what your son did to him! Don''t even
think about leaving before you make it up to us!"
"He''s lying!" Joel swung Leigh''s hand away and rushed into Madeline''s arms, hugging her waist as he
buried his face into her. "Mommy, he''s lying! He''s the one who started it when he insulted Aldo and me!
He said that Aldo and I are b*stards born out of wedlock, and that we''re the trash of society, and that
Daddy doesn''t like us…"
Joel''s tone grew more and more aggrieved. He looked up at Madeline and said, "Mommy, they''re liars!
Aldo and I are not b*stards born out of wedlock. We''re Mommy and Daddy''s precious babies, and we
were born because Mommy and Daddy love each other…"
By now, his eyes were reddened with tears and his voice was all choked up, but he was determined to
continue. "Daddy likes Aldo and me! He won''t abandon us! We''re not trash! We''re not Daddy''s
disgrace…"
Madeline was already on the verge of tears when she saw that her sons were injured, but it would be
too embarrassing if she cried, so she held them back.
However, she could no longer hold it back anymore. Her tears streamed down her face once she heard
what Joel said.
She was the one who failed them.
Back in Worrick, some loudmouthed people would always spew such nonsense in front of her children.
Madeline''s sons woulde and ask her where their father was, and she would find all sorts of
excuses to quell their curiosity.
Her sensible children would notice how upset she was whenever they brought up their father, so they
stopped asking.
They no longer told her about these sorts of maliciousments others made of them.
This time, if that boy had not gone too far by lying in front of so many people, her sons would most
likely have kept this from her too.
People would insult them by saying that they were b*stards born out of wedlock and the trash of
society, but they would not say anything to her out of fear that she would get upset.
As these thoughts shed across Madeline''s mind, she felt her heart shattering to pieces. She pulled
Quincy into her arms as well and hugged her two sons as she said, "My precious babies, don''t listen to
those loudmouthed people who are intentionally trying to hurt you with such maliciousments.
You''re not b*stards born out of wedlock. Mommy is Daddy''s wife, and you''re our children. The four of
us are family, so if anyone says such things about you again,e home and tell Mommy. Mommy will
rip their tongues out for you!"
"Your mommy is right!" Leigh added angrily. "If anyone talks about you like that again, you should beat
them up, or do as your mommy said and rip their tongues out!"
If those three had not been children, Leigh would have stormed over and ripped them to shreds by
now!
Children did not know better, so as an adult, she should not hold them ountable for this, but since
the children could not be ountable, what about the adults?
Leigh red at Queenie. "Did you hear that? Your son was the one who called Quincy and Joel
b*stards! So what if he was punched in the face? He deserves to get his tongue ripped out for what he
said!"
Queenie''s fight weakened a little, but she did not back down. "Just because your children said my son
insulted them, does it mean he did? I think they''re the ones who''re lying!"
"I''m not lying! I''m a good boy who never lies!" Joel kept his arms around Madeline''s waist as he looked
over at Queenie and said, "Jayden insulted us! A lot of our ssmates heard him! If you don''t believe
me, you can go and ask them. They can tell you that Jayden did insult Aldo and me!"
Joel turned to Jayden. "Are you a coward who doesn''t dare to admit what he did? Hmph, what a
chicken!"
No eight-year-old boy would want to be called a coward, so Jayden forgot to keep up with his lies.
Instead, he shouted at Joel, "That''s right. I insulted you, so what? You deserve it! You''re a b*stard born
out of wedlock! My mom told me all about it. She said your mother is a shameless woman who gave
birth to you before she even married your father! My mom even said…"
"What''s all this nonsense?" Queenie hurriedly put her hand over Jayden''s mouth.
Jayden shoved her hand away and yelled, "It''s not nonsense! I heard you! That''s exactly what you
said!"
Queenie had an embarrassed expression on her face as she smacked Jayden. "Stop saying such
nonsense! If you say such things again, I''ll send you to an orphanage!"
"It''s not nonsense!" Jayden stomped his foot. "You''re the one who said it! Why won''t you admit it?"
"That''s right," Leigh sneered as she stared at Queenie. "I''d like to know as well. Since you''re the one
who said it, why won''t you admit it now?"
The derisive look in Leigh''s eyes set Queenie off at once. She yanked Jayden behind her before
sticking her nose in the air and dering, "Fine, I said it! So what, huh? Am I wrong?"
Queenie looked at Madeline. "Would you have the guts to swear on your life that your sons aren''t
b*stard children born out of wedlock? That you didn''t give birth to them before you married Sebastian
Hart?"
Madeline was just about to retort when she heard Sebastian''s voiceing from behind her. "Who do
you think you are? What gives you the right to question how my sons came to be?"
Joel''s eyes lit up the moment he heard Sebastian''s voice. He twisted around and cried out excitedly,
"Daddy!"
He immediately let go of Madeline and hurtled himself into Sebastian''s arms. "Daddy! Daddy!"
His voice was trembling with emotion as his arms sped tightly around Sebastian.
Sebastian crouched down and stared at the bump on Joel''s head before he began feeling all over
Joel''s body and limbs to check for injuries.
He did not see anything amiss apart from the bump on Joel''s forehead, but he checked nheless.
"Buddy, does it hurt anywhere else other than your forehead?"
"No." Joel shook his head, but he turned around and pointed at Quincy. "Aldo''s hurt. Aldo protected
me, so the three of them kept hitting him. They kept pounding him with their fists. Aldo must be in a lot
of pain!"
Sebastian looked over at Quincy.
Quincy shook his head. "I''m fine."
Sebastian held Joel''s hand as he walked over to Quincy before crouching down and giving him a
thorough check as well.
Once he was sure that neither one of the two boys had pulled a muscle or strained anything, he held
them in his arms and looked up. His cold eyes went straight to Queenie.