Chapter 872 Force Her Way
As a granddaughter, Sheryl had rarely seen Amy getting furious at someone. However this was not the
first time she witnessed her grandma getting enraged to such an extent. Thest time she saw this face
of Amy was the time when something happened between her and Charles. Amy had always been
gentle and good-tempered, and would not be triggered unless someone had really done something
severely offensive. Apparently, Peggy had irked her beyond her point of tolerance.
For a moment, a slight sense of embarrassment shed on Peggy''s face. However, she very promptly
shrugged it off and asked confidently, "This is our family matter. How does it matter to you?"
Amy jeered and retorted, "The ce where you are standing right now is my house. You havee to
my house and yelled to my granddaughter. And now you are childish enough to say that it has nothing
to do with me!" Amy looked at Peggy from head to toe. She needed no more clue to understand where
she wasing from. She cast a disgusted look at her and warned her harshly, "Let me tell you
something. You better move your ass off now, or else I will show you no mercy."
"You old jerk…" Hearing her threat Peggy became all the more defiant and uncourteous. She showed
no respect for the olddy. As she was about to hurl some more curses at her, Sue''s voice cut through
their conversation as she walked down the stairs. "Clean your dirty mouth before you talk!"
Peggy stared at Sue and spoke in a sarcastic manner, "Well, I thought you were going stay inside
forever." Peggy continued hurling her daunting remarks on Sue, "I can see how easy and convenient it
is for you to just hide behind this old woman, isn''t it? Why did you even bother toe down?"
"Didn''t I ask you to rest in your room? Why did youe out?" Sheryl questioned Sue as she looked at
Sue with creased eyebrows.
Amy, too, frowned at Sue, thinking that now it would be even more difficult to make Peggy leave.
"How can I really take rest?" Sue gave a crocked smile and continued, "Moreover, this is something
between me and her. How can I… just hide behind the two of you and escape from it?"
"That''s no big deal for us. You need not toe in between. Just go upstairs," Sheryl replied gesturing
Sue to go back to her room. However, Sue seemed to have made up her mind to confront her mother.
Despite Sheryl''s repeated requests for her going back to the room, Sue stayed there, unwilling to move
even for a step. Feeling Sue''s resolution, Amy then persuaded Sheryl to cease asking Sue, "Aright.
Since she chose toe down, then let''s respect her decision. Don''t worry. We will stay here and keep
an eye on her."
After she settled the conversation with Sheryl, Sue turned to Peggy and asked in a cold tone, "Let me
hear what you want to say. Why are you here today?"
Peggy sneered back, "You and this good friend of yours nned together to set a trap for me. Now,
you are asking what am I here for? Don''t you think it''s just too funny?"
"Set a trap for you?" Sue raised her brows and pouted her lips to express her astonishment at Peggy''s
remark. Sue''s face broke into a sarcasticugh as she continued, "You are such a clever woman,
Peggy. How can I make you fall into the trap?"
"You…" Peggy was rendered speechless. It was true that it was none other than Peggy who was
responsible for the situation at hand. She had iting.
Peggy shouldn''t have trusted Sheryl in the first ce. She should have been more cautious. After all,
Sheryl was a close friend of Sue. It was obvious that Sheryl would stand by Sue instead of her. It was
indeed stupid of her to believe in Sheryl''s words! She regretted getting swayed away by Sheryl''s
innocent face.
Besides, she should not have underestimated Sue. But technically speaking, it was hard not to fall into
the trap. She had been controlling Sue all her life. How could she imagine that her prey would turn
around and attack her one day?
"What?" Sue raised her eyebrows and questioned Peggy. "It seems you have nothing to defend
yourself now?" With a disdainful look, Sue continued, "Peggy Li, I know why you havee here
today. Now let me tell you, don''t ever imagine that I will pay for you. Do whatever you like."
"I think you haven''t learned your lessonst time." Peggy was getting increasingly impatient. Bursting in
anger, she began to threaten Sue, "You think I can''t do anything to you if you keep hiding here? Okay,
give it a try. You will see the consequence. I will beat you to death! Right here, right now! Let me see
who stops me!"
Peggy rolled up her sleeves as she spoke and got ready for a fight. Immediately, Sheryl stepped
forward.
She spread her arms taking both Sue and Amy at her back. She had to protect both of them -- one, her
old granny and the other, an expecting mommy.
"Aunt Peggy." Sheryl red right into Peggy''s eyes with an unwavering look. Slowly, Peggy''s hand that
she had raised to hit Sue came down. Peggy kept looking at Sheryl feeling helpless. She had no
reason to raise her hands on Sheryl. And with Sheryl as a protective wall between her and Sue, she
could not even reach out to Sue.
Now she realized Sheryl was not as innocent as she seemed to be. She should not have taken Sheryl''s
politeness as her foolishness. Sue could not have defied her like this without Sheryl''s support. Rather,
Sheryl could be the mastermind behind the whole plot. Sue was her daughter and Peggy knew it very
well that she did not have such courage or power to get back at her.
"I just want you to know, that Sue is your daughter and not your moneybag. She is not your property.
You have no right to force her to give you anything or to beat her whenever you want," Sheryl stated
with a cold and stern face.
Peggy creased her brows and expressed her displeasure at this uninvited intervention from Sheryl. She
retorted, "Sheryl, this is between Sue and me. It is our family matter that we can resolve on our own.
It''s none of your business. I know you are her friend and you want to help her. But remember, I am her
mother. And it is my right as a mother to scold her or beat her if I need to. I pampered her a lot when
she was a child. Now I understand that I need to discipline her and also use my fist whenever and
wherever I need to. There is no one greater than a mother who can decide what is good and what is
not for her child. Don''t you agree?"
"It seems you will not change your mind not matter what?" Realizing that Peggy was not going to give
up, Sheryl sighed and continued, "Aunt Peggy, why don''t you just tell us what you want?"
Suddenly there was a tinge of smile on the Peggy''s face which had a worried expression all this while.
Upon hearing Sheryl''s words, Peggy gazed at her with contempt and replied, "I know you have some
power in Y City. You have been very crafty in plotting to force me out of Y City. But I am sorry to
disappoint you. That is not to be."
Stealing a nce at Sue, she continued, "Sue, I know that you have always wanted to cut off all ties
you have with us. Alright, I will give you the chance now."
Upon hearing this, Sue frowned and stared at her with disbelief. She knew her mother very well. There
must be some catch in what she was saying.
"I will set you free. Yes. But you have to agree to my conditions. And I promise, in return I will steer
clear from your life and never show my face to you ever again. I will forget that I even have a daughter."
"That''s impossible," Sue retorted strongly. "Forget about 500, 000 first. I don''t even have 50, 000 in my
pocket. Plus, I believe you are aware, that now I have a baby to take care of. That also costs money. If
you… If you really insist, then I guess there is no way for us to sort this out on our own. See you in the
court then. Let the judge give his verdict on this."
Peggy waspletely taken aback by Sue''s reaction. The Sue she knew was an obedient girl. Though
Sue argued and used harsh words sometimes, but it was never difficult for Peggy to make her give in
to hermands.
She kept illtreating her submissive daughter all her life and the poor girl always struggled to make her
happy. She believed that Sue would give in to her threat just like before. But she never expected such
a strong counter attack from Sue.
"Have you gone mad? Did Sheryl teach you this? You want the judge to solve such a trivial family
matter. Don''t you have shame? Well if you don''t have it, I do. It will be a reason for me to give up my
life before watching my own daughter contesting me in the court." Peggy''s anger was again triggered.
Her face went red as she spoke.
"Now you know it is shameful?" Sue sneered at the word "shame", which was no where to be seen in
Peggy''s past deeds. "I don''t want to do this, either, but I''m left with no choice. It is indeed shameful, as
you said, to bring our family matter on court. However, if I allow you to abuse me, I will suffer even
more. So, Mom, it is not my choice, but yours."
"You…" Failing to force Sue to give in, she changed her strategy. Now she tried to treat her emotionally
and persuade Sue in a soft way.
Forcing some tears out, Peggy pretended that she was also a victim. "Sue, I have no choice also. Are
you… Are you really so cold-hearted to see me suffer?"
Putting up a face that seemed extremely painful, she continued her performance. "I know. I know you
are angry at me because I was unfair to you. Yes, it is true that I have only bothered you and loved
Allen more than you. But there was a reason behind that. You should sympathize with me.
Last time you just ran away and left Allen to get beaten up. Since then his leg never recovered
because of him being a semi-disabled candidate. Till now, he has not been able to find a decent job. I
don''t know for how long I will be able to take care of him. What will happen to him after I am gone?"
She paused to sigh, and then continued, "He doesn''t have a job, so he can''t earn money. But I know
that you can. So I can only…"
"Just stop your nonsense," Sue jeered at her exnation. "Just admit you only love him and not me!"
"Yes, I admit I love him a little bit more than you," Peggy replied. "But you should also know that it is not
my fault. Before Allen was born, I had three daughters. And what did the daughters bring me? Nothing!
They brought me nothing apart from disrespect, insult and cold attitude from my parents-inw. Finally
it was only when I had a boy that my status in the family improved. I owed so much to Allen. I... I had
no choice but to love Allen more.
Now luckily Allen found a woman who is willing to marry him, and moreover she is with his baby. You
should know how hard it is for Allen to find a wife, especially with his disabled leg and our humble
family background. Of course I have to do everything I can to make Doris stay. Sue, I know that this
would make it hard for you. I also don''t want to trouble you with the money. But... I am just an old
useless woman. Where else can I get the money from if you just turn your back on me like this?"