"Without me, there would be no your mother. Without your mother, where would you come from? You are so rebellious, cruel to your own siblings, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?" Selena sneered.
"You heartless and vicious thing, abandoning your own daughter, you won't be struck by lightning, why would lightning strike me?"
Daphne's angry expression suddenly stiffened, "What are you talking about?"
Selena stood over Daphne, looking down on her, "The reason why you dare to accuse me so confidently is because my mother once expected you to be a real mother to me, right?"
Daphne trembled and met Selena's dark, unyielding gaze. She couldn't help but take a step back, "What do you mean by 'expected'? Nevaeh was originally my daughter..."
But Selena didn't seem to hear her words. Her eyes were cold and dark, "But I am not my mother. She would expect your care, tolerate your selfishness, and be heartbroken by your favoritism and viciousness... but I won't!"
Selena stared at her, a cruel smile curling up at the corner of her lips, "I am ruthless and vicious, arrogant and domineering. If someone owes me a penny, I will make them pay back a thousand times over!"
"Daphne, open your eyes and watch carefully. Watch how I tore Penelope, whom you held so dear, into pieces!"
Daphne was so frightened by Selena's gaze that she trembled uncontrollably. Her eyes widened to their limit as she stood unsteadily in place, as if she could faint at any moment.
Seemingly enraged to the extreme, Daphne suddenly raised her hand and slapped Selena hard across the face.
Selena's eyes flashed with anger, and she was about to push Daphne away when a slender figure suddenly appeared from the sidelines and stood in front of Selena, taking the slap for her.
A crisp sound echoed in everyone's ears.
Selena looked at the child standing in front of her, and the rage in her eyes almost overflowed. Hattie opened her arms and blocked Selena's way, her small body trembling and her face turning white as she glared at Daphne with hatred.
"Keep hitting me! You won't be able to kill me today! But one day, I will kill your most beloved Penelope, Kaitlyn, Hunter, one by one!"
Daphne met Hattie's eyes full of hatred, and her heart suddenly trembled. But her anger grew even stronger, "You little beast! I raised you, and yet you help this outsider defy me!"
Hattie licked her lips, her sharpness growing stronger and stronger, "When my mother died, you beat me like this for the sake of the woman who killed her!"
"And today, you come to beat Selena for the sake of Penelope!"
"Selena is not Aunt Nevaeh, and you have never raised her or cared for her even a bit. What right do you have to hit her?"
"You raised me for thirteen years, and I let you hit me. But after you're done hitting me, from now on, you're just my enemy!"
Daphne covered her chest, trembling with anger.
She looked at Selena, who was being protected by Hattie, and a voice kept echoing in her mind.
It was Selena who instigated Hattie and made her granddaughter hate her so much!
It was Selena who maliciously harmed Penelope, making the entire Riddle family uneasy!
It was all Selena's fault!
Daphne raised her hand again and slapped Selena in the face.
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