"If I remember correctly, none of you here have Windt as your surname," she said baldly. "What has the reputation and honor of the Windt family got to do with you lot?"
"You..."
"When my father was still around, and the Windt family was at the height of its power, and all of you sucked up to us like a bunch of dogs. But when the Windt family went through difficult times, all of you were nowhere to be found. And now you have the gall to discipline me as my elders? I call that muck."
She then let out a cold laugh. "Aren't you scared that God might strike you down?"
At that point, her uncles were so furious that their faces had gone red. "Is... Is this how you should
be talking to us?”
Another one of her distant relatives, Thomas, was boiling with rage as well. Pointing a finger at Charlotte, he snarled, "When your father was around, he never spoke to us like this! Well, what did I expect of a bastard child who never had a mother around to teach her how to behave?"
The moment she heard this, a ball of rage welled up within Charlotte. She lunged forward and picked up the glass of water in front of her, which she promptly flung at Thomas’s head.
Bang! The glass flew past the man's head and shattered against the crystal chandelier behind him.
A shower of crystal shards rained down on the table, causing a huge racket as they did so and causing the women to yelp in fright.
Luna jumped up from her seat and ran to hide behind her mother.
Amanda quickly used her arm to shield her face from the shards, but the crystal shards sliced open her arm, causing her to bleed profusely.
"Argh!" The injured woman let out a huge, exaggerated scream.
Upon hearing his wife scream, Simon dashed downstairs in panic immediately. "What's wrong? What's going on?"
"This bastard, this wench! She has disgraced the family enough as it is, and yet she dared to... to..."
Aunt Leigh was about to wail about the injustice that had been done to her, but she caught Charlotte's eye and zipped her mouth immediately.
"You incorrigible fool!" Thomas roared as he pointed a finger at Charlotte. "How dare you injure a member of your own family?" "You were the ones who said those disrespectful things to me first!" the latter snapped as she glared coldly at him. "I don't care if you call me all sorts of names, but if you’re going to slander my parents as well, don't blame me for being too harsh on you!"
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