Chapter 4: Homeless
Theresa Mo was shocked and rendered momentarily dazed. Her stepmother was part of the set up?
"I got everything back. That girl shouldn''t have been allowed in this home in the first ce. But now,
she takes from Tiana what was supposed to be hers alone"Molly Mo said excitedly.
She seemed to be in Company of some people. Theresa Mo never thought she would be involved in
something so shady.
"Aunt, I told you to leave everything in my hands. I was going to strip her off everything she''s got. I not
only did that but also made her lose her first time to a hooker.
Who''s going to marry a girl who''s poor and not innocent. Such abination in a woman drives men
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far away like the west from the East"Lu Jingli praised himself.
"Mum,I told you to have full faith in Lu Jingli. He had proven himselfpetent to be my
husband"Tiana Mo said shyly.
"Absolutely Tiana. Congrattions once again"Molly Mo said and Theresa Mo heard the sound of
sses clicking.
They were having a toast to her downfall? She tore the door knob and stepped in. The guests were
surprised when they saw her and none of them made any sound for the next few seconds.
Theresa Mo palm formed into a fist. This is a confederacy of conspirators. They plotted against her
and she unknowingly fell into their trap.
She looked at their faces one after the other. They were four in number. Molly and her daughter Tiana
Mo. Lu Jingli and his mother Cherry Lu. These are the people who dragged her into the mire.
But one day, she would rise again and pay every one of them for what they had done to her.
"Tik..tik..tik see who we have here? The adulterous wife. You still have the effrontery toe back
here? You actually threw away thest bit of shame you have left?"Molly Mo mocked.
She eyed Theresa Mo from her head down to her toes. She walked over and walked around her.
Before sheughed out loud.
"You''ve heard everything we said right? Well I am going to tell you how it all started. I had nned
this a long time ago with my dear friend Cherry Lu.
We had her Son help us execute the ns in exchange for him marrying Tiana. I forced you into the
marriage so that we can get everything backter.
That''s why Lu Jingli never touched you nor had sex with you. He will be Tiana''s and cannot waste his
manliness on an illegitimate daughter like you.
We organized the party solely for this purpose and Lu Jingli was the one who drugged you. You were
hooked up with a man and the rest you know about it.
This house is out of bounds for you. Everything I have done for you and the years I have
amodated you is all you will have and live in that memory"Molly Mo dered without remorse.
Theresa Mo wanted to cry but held her tears. She will not appear weak before these people
otherwise they would mock her the most.
"What have I ever done to you to deserve this?"Theresa Mo asked. She wants to know why she did
this. Is it because her father divided his wealth between her and Tiana? She''s the eldest after all or was
it because her parents did get to be married before birthing her?
"Because you are Zhongtian Mo''s illegitimate daughter"Molly Mo replied and eyed her before drinking
from her ss.
"Lu Jingli and I are married, Theresa, we are happy"Tiana said, raising her finger and letting Theresa
Mo see the golden wedding ring on her finger.
"Congrattions Tiana. I wish you both the happiness that you truly deserve"Theresa Mo replied and
she saw Lu Jingli squinted.
She wasn''t wishing them goodness at all,she was actually cursing them and Lu Jingli understood. He
couldn''t say anything about what she said but knew Theresa Mo''s heart has nothing good in there for
them but retribution.
He felt a little ufortable with the way Molly treated Theresa but at that point he couldn''t go back
on what he had done. He was pushed into this act by his mother with the promise that he would own
the entire Mo''s business if he eventually married the legitimate daughter.
What else was Theresa waiting for? She turned her back and left. As she opened the door and
stepped it,she turned back to look at the house that holds her childhood memories.
Where her father carries her and Tiana on his thighs or shoulder and they y like a mother dog and
her puppies. But today, that house was out of bounds for her henceforth.
She let go of the door and it jammed on its own ord. She walked briskly out of the valvast
down her cheeks uncontrobly.
She wandered on the street and didn''t know where to go. She was loitering on the pedestrian when
she stumbled upon her childhood school friend.
"Theresa Mo!!"Rosa called and ran to hold her. That was when Theresa saw many people turn and
stare at her. And suddenly a car going at a high speed zoomed off beside and the breeze from the car
made Theresa and Rosa to stagger.
"What''s wrong with you Theresa? Do you want to die?"Rosa yelled at her and looked at Theresa. Her
face was swollen red and she looked tired and weak.
"Thank you Rosa,"Theresa Mo said. She would have been knocked down just a while ago hadn''t
Rosa pulled her away from the middle of the road.
Maybe it would have been better if she truly died. She would join with her parents and her misery
would be over. She should have died rather than Rosa pulling her.
She heard murmurings from theser. Some insulting her and others pitying her as they shook their
heads and walked away.
Some threw words of caution to her while others simply hissed and went away. Rosa held her hand
and took her to the side.
"Where are you going Theresa Mo?" Rosa asked. Last that she heard, Theresa Mo had a quiet
wedding with a certain dude a few months ago.
Why is she looking so miserable? Where is her husband and sister? She has a little sister Tiana if she
can remember correctly.
"I don''t know,"Theresa Mo answered. She doesn''t have a home, she has nowhere to go. Perhaps she
can find afortable ce in a corner of the street to pass the night.
"What do you mean you don''t know? Where''s your home address?"Rosa asked. She''s married and
definitely has a home with her husband. She equally has a home in Mo''s mansion.
"I have no home anywhere Rosa. I am a wanderer. Maybe you should have left me a while ago to get
crushed by that car rather than saving me"Theresa said with teary eyes.
Rosa understood. Her marriage was definitely having issues and she can''t possibly return to Mo''s
mansion. She didn''t say anything again nor ask her further questions.
She hailed a taxi and pushed Theresa Mo inside and she joined her inside the car. She gave the driver
her address and he drove her home.
Rosa lived with her mother and brother in their little house. Little because it is nothingpared with
where she lived and grew up.
Rosa''s mother saw her daughter return home with her friend many years ago. She weed them
both. But seeing Theresa Mo''s sad countenance, she didn''t ask any more questions.
Rosa''s mother and brother took Theresa Mo in and entertained her. She ate and took her bath.
Rosa''s mother said she could upy the guest room for as long as she stays in their house.
Theresa Mo couldn''t imagine she could receive such good hospitality from an old friend. She sobbed
more. An old friend has be her family and her family has be old friends to her. What an irony.
Two days passed and Theresa was getting to smile slightly with Rosa''s brother''s little jokes. None
have asked Theresa Mo what happened to her a few days ago until four dayster and she was a little
cheerful and talked freely with them.
She was still reserved but a little free with the present family. Rosa''s mother that evening called
Theresa and Rosa and daughter and asked them what happened?