Chapter 13


    Edgar understood Gloria’s intentions. He had to obey her instructions, so he smiled immediately


    and said, “I’ll pay attention, Mrs. Martin Senior


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    Joe looked deeply at Skr and said, “In that case, Ms. Su-” Gloria nced at him.


    “Thank you, Skye.” Joe stopped addressing her formally.


    Skr couldn’t help but smile. Many people called her “Skye“, but she felt awkward when Joe did it.


    At Williams Residence, Sadie received a call from the hospital. She was notified that Maisy was to


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    the hospital the next day and that the blood they had for her was no longer sufficient.


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    “Mom, do you think Skr has given up on saving me? She hates me, so she must want me dead. I


    don’t know what I’ve done wrong. I’m sick and hated by my sister, and my parents are my adoptive


    parents!” Maisy hugged Sadie as she cried.


    Sadie felt heartbroken when she saw the daughter she had raised cry.


    “I’ll call her. I’ve ignored her for three days; she must have realized she was wrong by now. I’ll forget


    her


    past mistakes and ask her to go to the hospital to donate her blood.”


    Maisy looked carefully at Sadie. “Will Skr really go? Will she raise any conditions again? I don’t


    want to make things difficult for you and Dad.”


    “If she makes any excessive demands, she can forget abouting back! The day before, she


    made her adoptive mother call me.


    “Maybe she regretted it immediately after leaving the hospital, but she was too embarrassed to say


    anything. She must be hoping I’ll say something first,” Sadie said as her brows furrowed.


    The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to deny that Skr was her biological child!


    Skr behaved so poorly. Sadie felt embarrassed by her.


    Maisy smiled. The more Sadie hated Skr, the more Maisy felt superior to thetter.


    Sadie took her phone out to make a call.


    At the time, Skr was giving Joe a head massage at Pearlhall Residence under the “supervision”


    of Edgar.


    It was the first time she and Joe had been so close.


    Joe had thought Skr was fooling Gloria and that she knew exactly what Gloria liked.


    But when her soft hands pressed urately on each acupuncture point around his head, it was like


    magic. He’d always had problems falling asleep, but he was feeling sleepy now.


    Since Gloria had urged him to do so, Edgar was genuinely interested in learning. He understood


    that with


    every change in technique, Skr was targeting a new acupuncture point.


    Even though Skr had exined each point to him, he couldn’t remember it!


    Forget it. Gloria wasn’t serious about him learning from Skr anyway.


    Someone’s phone rang at an inappropriate time.


    Edgar saw that it was Skr’s phone. “Someone’s calling you, Mrs. Martin.”


    Skr finished up her massage session and walked over to pick up the call.


    “Hello?”


    “So now you know how to pick up a call, huh? Is it because you know you’ve made a mistake?‘I can


    forget what happened a few days ago. I can teach you how to behave properly if you don’t know


    how to. Come back right now so we can go to the hospital tomorrow,” Sadie said condescendingly.


    Skr nced at Joe, who was sleeping lightly on the couch. Then, she walked out with her


    phone.


    Once she walked out, Joe opened his eyes and looked at her icily.


    He could vaguely hear the scolding Skr was receiving from her phone.


    Were the Williamses treating Skr that badly?


    Sadie saw that her call was still ongoing, but Skr was not responding. She was already in a bad


    mood,


    but now it was worse.


    “When did you be mute? Say something!”


    “Are you asking me to go back and resume being Maisy’s blood bank?” Skr asked.


    Skr’s lukewarm voice made Sadie frown. Something felt off. “Blood bank? Maisy’s your younger


    sister. You’re just donating some blood; why do you have to make it sound that bad? Come back


    now. I’ll give you a new room that is as big as Maisy’s.”


    Skrughed.


    Sadie got the false impression that Skr wasughing happily because she’d achieved her goal.


    She frowned and said impatiently, “Go with your dad to thepany after the hospital visit


    tomorrow He’s set up a position for you as a clerk.”


    “Are you done, Mrs. Williams?” Skr stoppedughing sarcastically..


    Sadie’s true colors were too ugly.


    “What did you call me? I’m your mom! How dare you address me as Mrs. Williams?” Sadie was


    furious.


    “Does a mother like you exist? Strangers would think I’m your enemy.” Skr sneered.


    In her


    onevious life, she had been put in the smallest room in the whole vi. She had barely seen Sadie


    once in two weeks. Whenever Sadie had seen her, she had despised her for being a cripple.


    What a wonderful mother! Maisy could have Sadie all for herself.


    “What are you saying?! Have you been hearing things from others? Is that why you’re speaking to


    me so rudely?


    “The money you’re spending is ours. Your dad has canceled your credit card. If you don’t want to be


    poor. and homeless,e back and admit your mistake now!” Sadie thought she’d misheard


    Skr.


    Skr had moved her phone away from her ear before Sadie could reply. When Sadie finished


    yelling. Skr picked up her phone again.


    “Neither you nor Mr. Williams are that old. I don’t think you have Alzheimer’s yet. Ever since you


    took me in, I’ve never spent a penny of yours. 1


    “Ask Mr. Williams to check his credit card records. You’re always in the hospital with Maisy anyway.


    Why don’t you get a CT scan to check your brain?”


    With that, Skr hung up.


    She knew there was a vineyard at Pearlhall Residence, so she headed there.


    After the call ended, Sadie’s face was full of disbelief.


    Skr hadn’t spent a single penny?


    That was impossible!


    People from the countryside were liars. Skr hadn’t even worked after she had graduated. It was


    impossible that she hadn’t spent their money.


    “What did Skr say? You seem angry.” Maisy was very observant. She scoffed, Skr was no


    match for her!


    If she became Joe’s girlfriend, Skr would have to look up to her.


    Sadie threw her phone angrily at the couch. “She’s noting back. How dare she talk back to


    me? She even said she didn’t spend a penny of ours. How did Janine raise her? How could she lie


    so ungratefully?”


    Maisy’s eyes flickered.


    She knew that Skr wasn’t lying.


    Christopher had said that Skr spent her high school vacations working. She had also worked in


    her spare time when she had been in college. It wouldn’t have been hard for her to save up some


    money.


    But…


    “Skr has dad’s credit card. How could she naively think that her lies wouldn’t be exposed? Mom,


    don’t let her get to you.


    Sadie got even angrier after listening to Maisy. “She’s outrageous!”


    After hanging up on Sadie, Skr went to Pearlhall Residence’s vineyard to harvest grapes with the


    workers. After that, she went to pick strawberries.


    Chapter 13.


    She was squatting there, picking strawberries, when Joe showed up.