Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1447

Get over here right now! Put on your performance for me right this second, and I'll forgive your rudeness today!"

Martin's mind short-circuited. What the hell was she saying? Was this some sick joke?

Cold sweat drenched Sabrina's back. She gripped Martin's sleeve in a vice-like hold. Despite her mounting hysteria, she managed to keep her voice down. "Is she out of her mind?"

"She is out of her mind," Martin hissed back.

What sane person would demand such a thing in front of all these people?

Having taken her seat, Eleanor was vibrating with anticipation. She had already offered to forgive them, yet they were just standing there instead of obediently groveling. This was a serious offense.

Eleanor was angry. Very angry!

She slammed her hands against the armrests and screamed at them, "Did you hear me?! I said get on your knees right now, and I'll forgive you!"

Seeing that Eleanor was only getting louder and Lillian was making absolutely no move to intervene, Martin's temper flared.

He shot a desperate, furious glare at Lillian. "Lillian..."

Lillian simply shrugged, her expression the picture of innocence. "Mom doesn't usually act like this, but when she fixates on something, she's like a toddler. I really can't control her.

You know she has mental issues.

Ever since you smashed her head open with that vase all those years ago, she's been like this. Frankly, she's doing quite well considering."

It was devastatingly casual. She effortlessly dropped the truth bomb about the domestic abuse case, ensuring every single person in the room heard exactly how Eleanor had lost her mind.

In a fraction of a second, a dead silence swept over the crowd.

Before Lillian arrived, only Sebastian and Noah had been suffering.

Now, the Mercer couple was officially joining the ranks of the utterly humiliated.

This was a genuine, visceral nightmare.

Who could possibly endure this level of public destruction?

And yet, Eleanor acted like a grim reaper, her unwavering gaze locked on them as she aggressively rushed them.

Lillian watched the entire spectacle unfold in serene silence. Even when Brandon shot her desperate looks pleading for a rescue, she completely ignored him.

Brandon also made eye contact with Martin. His father shot him a ferocious glare, making it abundantly clear that yielding to Eleanor's demand was absolutely out of the question.

Brandon wholeheartedly agreed.

Dropping to their knees in front of half the city's elite? Absolutely not.

Even if they had to grovel and repent every single day, that was done behind closed doors.

Doing it here, today, was social suicide.

Brandon hurried over to Lillian. "Lillian, look at the situation. There are so many people here, and it's Noah's birthday. He's already upset. You definitely don't want him to feel like you've ruined his day right after he tried to welcome you, do you?"

Colin aggressively joined the lobbying effort. "Lillian, Mom is making a huge scene. Everyone is watching. If she keeps this up, it's going to reflect badly on all of us, isn't it?"

Lillian, who had only just sat down, stood right back up. "I understand. I know it was completely inappropriate for me to bring Mom today.

If that's the case, I'll just take her and leave."