Chapter 527 Distance Is No Issue, Competition Is


    Bettany''s verbal demolition left Mabel with no pride at all!


    She couldn''t even say a single word, hurriedly pushing the giftbox in her hands out and squeezing out


    a smile. "Old Mrs. Crawford, I just heard ke say that you missed your granddaughter too much to


    the point where it was affecting your health. That''s why I came all this way to see you in hopes of


    helping you feel a little better… Health is the most important aspect of life no matter what. I don''t think


    Lilly would want to see you in this state when shees back either!"


    Bettany nodded. "You''re right."


    Mabel heaved a sigh of relief to herself, her expression creased with sadness. "I know how you feel.


    I''m a mother too, I know how it feels to not be able to see your child."


    Bettany nced at her. She tossed the giftbox onto the coffee table, as if she was handling a packet of


    crackers.


    Yena said at once, "Grandma Crawford, Mom spent so long choosing this gift. It really is pretty!"


    Bettany nced at the child before her, not knowing where to start.


    It had to be said that the apple didn''t fall far from the try.


    This kid was about the same age as Lilly, but had learnt things that she shouldn''t be learning from her


    mother and developing the same bad habits. She had not gone wrong… she had been wrong from the


    start.


    "Is it? I don''t believe so!" Bettany said.


    Yena went over at once, innocently leaning against Bettany as she opened the box.


    "It''s a purple bracelet. Look, Old Mrs. Crawford, isn''t it pretty?" Yena''s eyes shone as she turned to look


    at Bettany.


    Bettany leaned forward. She merely nced at the bracelet once, and said, "It''s not bad. I''d give a


    bracelet like this to the family chef, or one for each of the house maids on their birthday. It still works."


    Mabel: …


    Yena: …


    There was a floor-to-ceiling ss attic in a corner of the second floor, and Lilly stuck out half her head


    to eavesdrop.


    There was another head right above hers. It was Josh.


    On top of Josh''s head, was Hannah''s.


    Behind Hannah''s head…


    Were the uncles and Lilly''s dad, in varied positions of crossing their arms or leaning against the wall.


    They watched the olddy, firing at full force: …


    Who would have thought that the olddy would be such a master of insults! She was truly skilled!


    Lilly: I''ve learnt something new again!


    Yena''s face flushed as she lowered her head like her mother.


    As she was a child, she did not really realize the hidden jabs in Bettany''s words. All she thought was


    that Grandma Crawford was looking down on her and her mother.


    Yena was sad beyond words. How could Grandma Crawford turn out to be this way?


    Yena had been serious about having her as a god-grandma, and had wanted to love and respect her in


    the future.


    Yet Grandma Crawford was just like the rest, looking down on her and her mother.


    She had walked over, but Grandma Crawford didn''t even hug her.


    "Grandma Crawford, I know that you''re really sad about Lilly being missing," Yena said softly. "That''s


    why you''re in a bad mood, right?"


    "Mom said that the dead can''te back to life, so you shouldn''t be too sad, Grandma Crawford. Lilly''s


    gone to a beautiful heaven for sure, and she''s having a st!"


    This was what she had heard the gentle mother on television say to her son whose dog had gone


    missing.


    A little boy''s dog had died from getting hit by a car, and his motherforted him by saying: The dog


    must have gone to a beautiful heaven…


    And so Yena was using it now.


    The Crawford household looked empty and quiet when they just got here. She had no idea that Lilly


    was already back.


    That was why she was trying to beforting and caring:


    "If Lilly was still here, she wouldn''t want to see Grandma Crawford like this… Grandma Crawford, if


    you''re sad, how about I keep youpany from now?"


    "Umm… how about I sing you a song?"


    Yena''s expression waspletely innocent, looking at Bettany with her head tilted to the side.


    Bettany''s expression darkened at once.


    Mabel''s chest lurched. F*ck, what was she saying?


    Wasn''t it a huge offense to say to someone outright that their granddaughter had died!


    Everyone else said that Lilly was dead, but the Crawfords had refused to give up and continued


    looking. These words must be terrible to hear!


    Yet before Mabel could even speak.


    A small figure rushed down the stairs!


    Hannah moved quick as the wind, bolting up to Yena andnding a harsh p on her face!


    p!


    Hannah''s eyes were wide with fury as she roared, "You''re the one who should be dead! Your entire


    family should be dead! How dare you say that my sister''s gone to heaven, I''ll be the first to beat you to


    death!"


    Yena spun on the spot from the force of the p. It was obvious how hard Hannah had hit her.


    She was dazed from the attack, tearing up the second she returned to her senses. Her hands shrank


    back, and she looked terrified.


    "I''m… I''m sorry… I, I didn''t mean it…"


    She whimpered, wanting to cry but not daring to. Anyone would feel sorry at the sight of her.


    Not Hannah, though.


    "Stop pretending! You want my sister to be gone so you can rece her, don''t you! All that talk about


    keeping my grandmapany, even singing to her?"


    "Our family has plenty of children! I have three brothers, and I''m still around! You can jolly well wait


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    your turn toe to my family and sing to my grandma!"


    Hannah was furious.


    She had been scared out of her wits ever since Lilly had gone missing, hiding in her nkets and


    crying every single day.


    There was a time and ce for everything!


    Yena''s tears shone in her eyes. She stared at a ferocious-looking Hannah, not daring to make a sound.


    She tried to exin weakly, "That wasn''t what I meant. I just thought that I was good at singing, and


    wanted to sing for Grandma Crawford."


    Hannah harrumphed. "Are you saying I can''t sing, then?"


    Yena was teary-eyed, not daring to speak as she looked at her mother.


    Mabel was panicking herself. "I''m so sorry, Old Mrs. Crawford. Sometimes children don''t know what


    they''re saying… she didn''t mean it."


    Bettany took a sip of tea, not saying anything at all.


    This only made Mabel feel even more wronged, feeling that the situation was unfair.


    Yena had said something inappropriate, but Hannah was definitely in the wrong for hitting her.


    Yet Hannah piped up again, "I could care less if she was a child! Listen up, the next time I hear you say


    anything bad about my sister, I''ll beat you up everytime I see you!"


    Her hair was not long yet, and she glowered at Yena like a tattooed gangster.


    Yena was scared, indignant and jealous.


    She was jealous that her cousin''s sister was so kind to her.


    She had a sister too, but her sister was nothing but terrible to her.


    She was kind on the surface, but would make her kneel when no one was around, pping her and


    cutting her hair.


    Why was her sister like a demon, but this cousin of hers could have such a good sister?


    Why was everyone so kind to this cousin of hers? They were both little girls alike, but her cousin could


    live in a pce like a princess!


    On the other hand, she wasughed at wherever she went and called the daughter of a mistress…


    It wasn''t her fault that her mother was a mistress. It was her mother''s!


    Distance was not the issue, butpetition was.


    For the first time, Yena felt like she had been ''wronged'' in her heart…