Chapter 380
“Margaret?” Yolanda looked surprised. She did not
understand why Margaret from the Swanson family would appear in their house.
However, she quickly realized that she had recognized the wrong person.
It wasn’t Margaret from the Swanson family. It was clearly Maria.
Due to the fact that elderly people looked similar, and Yolanda had not seen Maria for a long time, she had a deep-rooted feeling that Maria was dying and couldn’t walk. Thus, she recognized the wrong person.
“Mom?” Yolanda was extremely shocked at this moment.
She looked at Maria in shock as Maria walked towards her step by step.
Maria’s footsteps were steady, and she did not even need to rely on her walking stick. There were no signs of her being seriously ill or poisoned.
Yolanda thought, ‘How could this be?’
According to the dosage and time, Maria should be unable to take care of herself at this time.
Yolanda suddenly had a very bad feeling. Yolanda subconsciously looked at Melody. When Yolanda saw that Melody’s expression was calm and unsurprised, Yolanda’s heart sank crazily.
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Russell did not recognize the wrong person. He couldn’t possibly mistake his mother for someone else.
He was also very surprised, but pleasantly so.
He quickly walked forward and reached out to support Maria.
However, before Russell’s hand could touch Maria, Maria shook his hand off. “I don’t need a blind person like you to support me.”
Russell’s body stiffened when he was pushed away. He did not understand why Maria said that.
Maria’s gaze swept across the entire place and finally landed on the servants who had deliberately not gotten up.
She said, “Why aren’t you getting up? Do you want me to help you up personally?”
With Maria’s words, the servants did not dare to pretend anymore and got up nimbly.
The two police officers looked at each other again and felt that the atmosphere in this house was extremely strange.
“Sirs.” Maria looked at the two police officers and said, “It’s just some family matters. There’s no need to trouble the two of you. Please go back and do your work.”
“You really don’t need our help?” one of the police officers asked.
Maria replied, “Yes, I’ll call the police again if necessary.”
The police officer nodded. When he saw that the people on the ground were fine, he left after lecturing them.
When Russell saw that the two police officers were about to leave, he stepped forward to make them stay. “Sirs! Please wait.”
Maria’s face darkened. “Come back here!”
Russell stopped in his tracks and had no choice but to return to the living room.
He could not hide the grim expression on his face and said, “Mom, you don’t know what happened just now. Melody…”
“Shut up!” Maria looked at Russell coldly and said, “If you didn’t force Melody into a corner, would she have made a move? Instead of telling me what she did, why don’t you tell me what you did just now that forced her to deal with this group of people alone?”
Melody originally thought that her heart was as hard as steel and that she would not cry over the Fox family again.
However, when she heard that Maria trusted her unwaveringly and stood on her side, tears welled up in her eyes.
“Grandma…” She took a deep breath, trying to force back the tears.
Maria patted Melody’s back with heartache. “Good child, I know what kind of person you are. Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer any grievances.”
Melody nodded. She suddenly felt that she was not fighting alone against this world.
Maria had given her more strength than she had imagined.
Melody wiped her eyes. There was a hint of determination in her eyes.
In the entire Fox family, Maria was her only family.
On the other end, Russell lowered his eyes guiltily, but he still said; Mom, I didn’t do anything. She suddenly asked me to write an agreement to sever our father-daughter relationship.
Maria ignored Russell.
She was only seriously examining Melody’s body. When Maria saw that Melody was not injured, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Mabel saw that Maria was obviously biased towards Melody, she ignored Yolanda’s gaze of dissuasion and spoke to Russell. Grandma, I can testify that what Dad said is true. Melody took out a pen and paper and asked Dad to write the agreement to sever their ties.
Melody smiled mockingly. She took out the agreement written by Russell and handed it to Maria. Grandma this is the agreement Dad wrote. Take a look.
Maria nodded and narrowed her eyes as she read the agreement.
After reading it, her expression med even more grim. She looked at Russell in disbelief and asked, “As a father you actually want to snatch your child’s things?
Russell’s lips twitched awkwardly “I-I just wanted to use them to force her to admit her mistake.
“Enough! You’re my son. How could I not know what you’re thinking?
“Although I had been recuperating in my room and did not go out, I had watched the entire live broadcast of the bet of Silk Beauty Cosmetics.
“That is something that Melody has obtained with her own ability. No one can snatch it away, not even you. Russell, you’re really getting more muddle-headed the longer you live. Do you think you’ll benefit from gaining Silk Beauty Cosmetics?
“In less than a day, everyone will know that you’ve stolen it from your own daughter. They won’t be envious of you. They will only criticize you behind your back.”
Russell felt extremely awkward. When he thought of that. he could not help but feel a little vexed.
He thought, ‘Yeah, why haven’t I thought of that? If I take away Silk Beauty Cosmetics and then turn around to kick Melody out of the house, I’ll be condemned without even needing Melody to explain the situation to everyone.
Silverlake was not that big. There were no secrets at all.
Russell’s face turned pale and he was speechless.
Maria waved her hand. “We’ll settle today’s score later. I have something more important to announce.”
Russell was stunned and asked in confusion, “What’s it?”
Maria ignored him and turned her attention to Yolanda. who had been silent all this while.
When Yolanda felt Maria’s gaze, her mind was in a mess. It was as if ants were crawling in her heart. She felt extremely uncomfortable.
However, she still forced herself to remain calm and asked with a dry smile, “Mom, what are you going to announce?”
Maria took out a piece of paper that she had written in advance from her pocket and handed it to Yolanda. She ordered, “Sign it for me.”
Yolanda felt that something was wrong and quickly looked at the paper.
It was also an agreement, but it was a divorce agreement. The agreement clearly stated that she would leave the Fox family with nothing.
Russell was also very curious. He stuck his head out to look at the paper. When he saw what was written on the agreement, his eyes suddenly widened.
He exclaimed, “Leave with nothing? Mom, what are you doing? Why are you asking Yolanda to leave with nothing?”
When Mabel heard that, she was stunned and her face turned pale. “Grandma, it’s Melody’s fault. Why are you asking Mom to leave with nothing? She just came back from the police station. She doesn’t know anything.”