"He hit me! He hit me!" Angelica cried.
Selina glared at Montez. "What did you do to her?"
He bit his lip and said nothing.
Yesseca walked over.
She touched his head and asked in a gentle voice, "Montez, what happened?"
She knew that she still had some understanding of him.
And she believed he would not do such a thing.
When Yesseca asked this, Montez said, "Yesseca, she called you a country bumpkin. I- I told her to shut up."
He rushed over to Angelica, but he did not hit her.
His father had told him that real men would never beat the opposite sex.
Therefore, Montez covered Angelica's mouth and told her not to say anything more.
But she pushed him away, and she sat down on the ground and cried.
Hearing Montez's words made Selina's face darken.
She had heard Angelica calling Yesseca names before, so she didn't doubt Montez.
"Angelica, what's going on?" Selina said, "Didn't I tell you not to say that about Yesseca?"
Angelica rolled her eyes and cried, "Mom, I didn't!
He did it on purpose. He wants to frame me."
Montez's face turned red.
He said, "I would never do something like that! You called Yesseca a big bumpkin and me a little bumpkin."
Hearing this, Yesseca had a rough idea of what went on.
She knew that Angelica had said it.
Meanwhile, Selina's expression turned grave. "Angelica, let me ask you again. Did you say that? Don't lie to me!"
"No! I didn't!" Angelica cried.
Selina took a deep breath.
She knew Montez slandering Angelica was very unlikely.
But she was a parent, and she had to trust her child.
After all, she didn't see or hear what had just happened. Hence she could not verify it.
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