Chapter 122?122. The Spoiled Daughter and Her Mom


    ra’s question was like lightning striking a heart. Linda felt numb, unable to answer her daughter’s question. Not a single word left her pale lips.


    ra, who saw her mother’s reaction,ughed sarcastically. She shook her head with a wry smile.


    “So you told Lea about my infertility, then begged that woman to give me her baby?” said ra with a bitterugh. It was not the voice of a loving daughter who loved her mother, as her usual self. She behaved like a high schooler who spoke harshly to her rival. “It was great, mom! You embarrassed me in front of her.”


    ra gulped. Her face showed a heavy burden, feeling disappointed in her mother. Tears fell off her cheeks. She was disappointed, hurt, and angry at the same time.


    Linda knew it well. She felt suffocated and didn’t know what to do to make amends.


    “I am so sorry, dear! I think … that’s the best solution for the three of you to do,” Linda whispered in a trembling voice. The middle-aged woman looked at her daughter, hoping that her dear baby girl would understand why she made such a decision.


    “Even if I can’t have children, do you think I’ll be happy if I take her child? Then, lying to the world that the child is mine? That’s ridiculous, mom!”


    Linda opened her mouth, about to say something. Unfortunately, she didn’t have the courage. She doubted it would make matters worse if she answered so recklessly.


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    “A woman would normally love a child. Even if the kid does not belong to her,” Linda answered in a gentle voice, “maybe you don’t like Lea. But I’m sure, you will be able to raise her child like your own.”


    ra shook her head slowly. “It is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.”


    ra then stood up, then packed up her things again. She emptied all the drawers one by one, hauling her essentials into suitcases.


    “I’ve been wondering where Lea gets the money to pay for her mother’s surgery. As it turns out, you and she had a dirty deal,” ra sneered,ughing bitterly. Her voice conveyed a feeling of deep disgust, making Linda’s heart feel like it was being squeezed tightly.


    “I think she is a very good person, giving up her child for me because she felt guilty and wants to disappear from my sight for good,” ra added, throwing a sharp gaze at her mom.


    “ra, I know you are feeling disappointed. But believe me, there was no such deal,” said Linda honestly. She then told me what happened. Starting from her mistake of kidnapping Sarah instead of Lea, then to her dispute with Lea, and finally, Lea found a way to pay back the two million dors to her.


    “Lea is a good girl, ra. She sincerely wants to help you because you help her mother,” Linda exinedter, hoping that ra would only me her. “So, if someone is on the wrong side, it’s me. Lea is not someone who would trade her child for money.”


    ra smiled wryly, looking at the floor nkly, “Then ... do you think Lea will give her child to me if she doesn’t know I’m infertile?”


    “ra?”


    “You must have known very well that I am not someone who likes to be pitied, right? Especially by the person I hate,” ra said as she poured the contents of thest drawer into the suitcase. She then closed her tworge suitcases and pulled up the heavy items of luggage one by one.


    ra looked at her mother one more time. She hesitated whether to say goodbye or not.


    “This is myst day in this house,” ra said in a nd voice.


    Linda seemed to be paralyzed, unable to move an inch. She made a big mistake that made ra exceptionally angry. However, was it appropriate for her, a mother who raised her daughter, showering her with great affection, to be treated like this? Was that ra’s payback for all the love she had given to that girl?


    ra left the room without looking back. She kept dragging her heavy suitcases, making the marble floor collide with the small wheels of her suitcases.


    “ra! Where are you going?” Patrick yelled when he found out his daughter was dragging suitcases, about to leave the house. His voice, as usual, was anything but friendly. He looked like he was going to swallow her whole if she didn’t do what he wanted. “This weekend you’re getting married to Dave. Don’t do stupid things!”


    Unfortunately, Patrick’s rebuke was only answered by the sound of the wheels of the dragged suitcases. rapletely ignored her father’s words. She just kept walking, as if he was not in the living room.


    “ra!” Patrick snapped loudly. “Once you step outside, I will kick you out of the hospital and make sure no hospital epts you.”


    Patrick managed to get his daughter to stop walking. He did attack ra’s weakness. The only dream that still might make her happy.


    “How sly! Why do you always threaten me?” ra talked back to her father.


    “Because you don’t mean anything if you don’t have Decker’s as your family name,” Patrick said tly. The middle-aged man’s arms were folded across his chest, making him look even more intimidating.


    ra mmed her luggage angrily, leaving them at the door. She stomped her foot, stepping toward her father.


    “If I am of no use to you, why didn’t you kick me out of the house long ago? Why didn’t you throw me out before I tarnished the family’s name?”


    Patrickughed out loud. He then looked at ra with a look of pity, “You are just like your mother. Ungrateful! I should have—”


    “Patrick! Stop it!” Suddenly, Linda, who had just appeared, interrupted her husband.


    “Don’t get in my way, Linda! It’s time this ungrateful daughter knows who she is,” Patrick said, looking at ra with his sharp amber eyes.


    ra looked at her parents questioningly, “What do you mean, dad?”


    “How about you apologize to Linda first?” Patrick asked as he reached for Linda, bringing her to his embrace tightly. “You need to thank my wife who has been willing to take care of you since you were a baby. Even if you’re not her biological daughter.”


    “Patrick, no!” Linda begged her husband. “Please ….”


    However, Patrick couldn’t be stopped. He was determined to tell his daughter the truth. “It may surprise you, but you were born from a mistake.”