Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1779

"If she were my granddaughter, I would have tossed her straight into a reformatory."

The Ainsworth family felt like they had been slapped a second time. The words of pleading Mrs. Ainsworth had prepared choked off in her throat; she had no idea how to even open her mouth now.

"Dad..."

Mr. Ainsworth could only pin his hopes on Amos.

The Schwartz couple clearly wanted absolutely nothing to do with this.

"Kent, that girl... we spoiled her rotten growing up."

Amos forced a smile, his posture humbling significantly. "After what happened, we've disciplined her severely, and she's promised never to do anything like it again."

"We tried reaching out to Ebony Fox to ask her to drop the charges, but she rejected us entirely."

"I heard she is your eldest granddaughter-in-law's sister?"

Amos feigned innocence. "Could you two perhaps step in? Just pull a few strings and give us a chance to personally apologize to Ebony Fox?"

"Isn't there more than just Ebony Fox who got hurt by Annie?"

Hannah interjected coldly. "That boy missed the critical window for his heart transplant, and he's still fighting for his life in the ICU."

"His father had his arm maliciously broken. If Ebony Fox hadn't found a surgeon for him, he would have been permanently crippled."

"I think those are the people she really needs to be apologizing to."

"Apologize to them?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Ainsworth completely lost her temper. "They were in the wrong too, okay?! They took our money and then turned around and bit Annie in the back!"

"If that man hadn't testified against her, Annie wouldn't be in this situation to begin with!"

The only reason she was even addressing the Ebony Fox situation was because they needed it to go away. Otherwise, she would have never let that family off the hook.

Hannah was utterly stunned by this sheer audacity.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Hannah literally jumped to her feet, dropping the polite act completely. "Get your facts straight! Your daughter is the one who committed a crime. If she hadn't used that man's dying son as leverage, do you really think he would have ever worked for her?"

"Have some basic human decency."

Although Amos rarely made public appearances anymore, he knew exactly who Juniper Payne was.

Her schemes, her ruthlessness, and her razor-sharp tongue were legendary.

Talk to Juniper?

He actually wanted to live a few more years.

"Have the steward invite Juniper down," Hannah ordered, acting as if she hadn't heard Amos at all.

"Right away, ma'am."

The maid, having perfectly grasped the assignment, completely ignored the Ainsworth family's protests. She practically sprinted away.

The Ainsworth family was instantly silenced.

Could they just leave right now?

It didn't take long.

The crisp sound of footsteps soon echoed from the staircase.