Intrigued, I zoomed in on what Zora was looking at on her screen, puzzled.
I then heard Zora ask, "Where'd you get that?"
Clara, smug, ran a hand over her neck and giggled with a sickly sweet tone, "It's a gift from Mister! He said I'm just so darn adorable he couldn't resist! He gave me this necklace and even bought me two new outfits because apparently, I can't look shabby when I go to the office!"
She then flaunted the shopping bags in her hand, "Mister took me shopping, that's why I got back late! He said he wouldn't be home for dinner."
At this, Zora was livid. She was holding Baby Carl and impulsively slapped Clara across the face.
The slap was so fierce I could almost feel the sting myself. I saw Zora still holding Carl, who was startled from the force of it. Carl nearly went flying, and I couldn't help but scream in fright.
Luckily, Carl was clinging to Zora's neck at the time and was saved from a nasty fall.
However, the sudden movement scared him and he immediately burst into tears.
I couldn't help but think, "I need to focus more on the kid. Despite his young age, if he continues to be around this shrew, he's going to suffer."
Clara was momentarily stunned by the slap. She instinctively covered her face and then, in a blink of an eye, she was furious. With the speed of lightning, she returned the slap. From the look of it, Clara's slap was no less potent than Zora's.
Actually, it was accurate, hard, and swift!
She was so fast that I didn't even see what had happened on the monitor.
This sent Zora into a frenzy. She set Carl down on the couch and lunged at Clara. They were immediately entangled in a catfight.
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