After divorce, Ex-wife Revealed Identities novel Chapter 770

Chapter 770

"Katie, we're good friends. We grew up together. Do you really think I would deceive or harm you?" Ashlyn looked at Katie's expression and a hint of satisfaction flashed in her eyes. "My dad promised to buy me two new dresses tonight. You should also prepare a beautiful dress so that we can both attend the Graley Piano Competition together!"

"It sounds amazing!" Ashlyn giggled.

"Ashlyn, you're such a good friend," Katie said before hanging up the phone.

After hanging up, Katie made up her mind to ask her father to get her a spot as a guest performer at the Graley Piano Competition.

Mr. Mcguire was in his study listening to Carolyn report on end-of-year accounting issues. As the year came to an end, there were many things that needed attention including employee bonuses and benefits as well as other departmental matters. After calculating all these expenses, it amounted to millions of dollars...

Suddenly, Katie burst into the room and talked non-stop about what she wanted for quite some time.

Mr. Mcguire rubbed his forehead with frustration and looked at his daughter. "What do you want? To be a guest performer? We have nothing to do with Graley Piano Competition nor any connections with them whatsoever! What can I do for you?"

"Dad! How could you say that?" Katie glared at him angrily. "Ashlyn is going to participate in the competition; why can't I be a guest performer too?"

She turned towards Carolyn and asked, "Sister-in-law, don't we have enough money? Can't we sponsor it or advertise it somehow?"

"How about being its sponsor?"

"I don't care! Dad promised he would support my career but now he won't even help me become just one guest performer? You're too much."

Mr. Mcguire was already stressed out from all this commotion; he had been feeling anxious since earlier when they discussed all these financial matters which only added fuel to fire when he heard Katie's spoiled words again. He stood up abruptly from his chair and slapped her across her face without thinking twice.

"You're not three years old anymore! Can't you act more maturely? Do you think becoming an international award-winning performance artist is easy?"

"Do you think it's easy to get a sponsorship deal and have your name on something? They practically had to skin me alive for the sponsorship price, not to mention the advertising sponsorship, which is several times more expensive than what we have here. Foreign countries already have a bias against our country, there are restrictions and reservations in their development with us. If I dare go, how will those companies back home and even our president view me?"

"Do you understand the implications here?"

Katie was humiliated as she received a slap across her face in front of Carolyn. She glared at Mr. Mcguire and said, "Dad! How could you hit me?"

"What's wrong with hitting you? If you ever make such unreasonable demands again, I'll discipline you even harder. Your sister-in-law has a point; I shouldn't have spoiled you so much all these years. Look at what it's turned you into." Mr. Mcguire had been feeling down since he was slapped during her birthday party some time ago.

He felt extremely repressed and remained cold-faced for quite some time.

Now Katie came over again with this irrational request that made him feel angry enough to cause liver pain.

"Dad, don't be angry anymore. Katie is young and doesn't know any better; she just wants to try new things maybe just for fun. What she said does make sense though - if she can participate in Graley Piano Competition, it would be of great help for her career," Carolyn quickly tried to mediate.

"But getting into Graley Piano Competition isn't that easy," Carolyn continued cautiously while trying not to offend anyone present at the moment.

"If we spend money on this competition but fail..."

"Katie dearie," Carolyn whispered softly while urging Katie out of the room before things got worse between father and daughter.

Katie covered her hot face with both hands as tears streamed down uncontrollably from her eyes while staring angrily at Carolyn, saying, "I don't want your fake kindness! Why pretend like everything is okay when it's not? Are you talking behind my back about me so dad won't love me anymore?"

She didn't miss Mr. Mcguire's words earlier: "Your sister-in-law has a point; I shouldn't have spoiled you so much all these years."

What did that mean exactly? It meant that without doubt that Carolyn talked bad about Katie behind her back!

Carolyn felt helpless as if caught off guard by an unexpected attack from an enemy who once claimed they were friends. "Katie... I didn't say anything bad about y-"

"You're pretending like everything is fine when really deep down inside... you never cared about me!" Katie cut off whatever else Caroline wanted to say before storming out of the room...

Mr. Mcguire slumped tiredly into his chair. "Look at her!"

"Dad, she just made a mistake in the moment," Carolyn said with poise and grace. "I'll go see her, you should rest earlier."

"Ah..." Mr. Mcguire sighed. "Go ahead, don't take what she said to heart. She's just being childish."

"I know," Carolyn turned and walked outside.

She opened the door to the study and saw Mr. Mcguire's current wife holding a glass of milk and a bottle of medicine walking towards her.

"Auntie."

"Carolyn, your dad hasn't been feeling well lately, so I had someone prepare some supplements for him from overseas. Can you help me read what's written on this bottle?" Mrs. Mcguire was Katie's biological mother.

After listening to Mrs. Mcguire speak about it all, Carolyn took the medicine bottle over and looked at it before saying, "It's just some vitamins."

Mrs. Mcguire smiled after hearing that. "That's good then! I was afraid my friend was lying to me again... I'll give it to my hubby."

"Auntie, you're so kind to Dad," Carolyn said before continuing, "He's still inside though; Katie came over here earlier and argued with him."

"I know," Mrs. Mcguire replied while passing by Carolyn shoulder-to-shoulder. "I'll go comfort him now."

However, her loving expression suddenly turned cold when looking down at that health supplement in her hand. There was a hint of viciousness in her eyes when doing so.

Unfortunately though, Carolyn didn't see any of this happening around them.