Queen of Wild Cards novel Chapter 82

"I can't believe they're such a toxic mother and daughter. I was almost fooled by them."

"Yeah, stealing a dead mother's belongings? That's completely inhuman."

"Typical wicked stepmother. Her own daughter is fully grown, so she must have brought her along into a second marriage. How vicious."

"That poor girl. She looks so young, she was probably forced to marry as soon as she was legal."

"She was probably forced into it just so they could pocket the wedding fund, and they didn't even give her a dime for her dowry. Even for a stepmother, that's crossing the line."

"Hey kid, don't be scared of them. We'll be your witnesses. If she dares to smash your phone, we'll help you call the cops and make her pay for it!"

"Yeah, we'll testify for you!"

"I'll be a witness too!"

Miranda was practically choking on her own fury from the crowd's comments. That damn Stella!

When had she ever stolen her mother's belongings?

She hadn't seen a single cent of that wedding fund!

And listen to this nonsense—when had they ever smashed her phone?

She hadn't even touched the girl's phone!

And the fifth one at that!

Stella was an absolute psycho!

Miranda wanted nothing more than to lunge forward and rip her apart, but she couldn't lose her temper now, or she'd fall right into Stella's trap.

"You..." Chloe was also on the verge of exploding. Why wasn't Stella playing by the rules?

She put her phone away. Whatever game this mother-daughter pair was playing, the answer would reveal itself soon enough.

Miranda and Chloe were definitely trying to scheme something out of her. It was perfect timing, actually—she wanted to use them to see if she could pry out the location of her mother's ashes.

That was why she handed the phone over, even though she knew they were up to no good.

The moment Miranda and Chloe left the mall, Chloe immediately pulled out her own phone.

She had put it on silent before approaching Stella, while Miranda's phone had been turned off and tucked in her purse the whole time.

She checked her screen and saw two missed calls. She had only dialed her own number once, so the second one was undoubtedly Stella redialing.

She opened the missed calls log, instantly saved the number to her contacts, and then saved another number as well.

"Mom, Stella really is overly cautious. She didn't believe we were calling the driver and actually redialed. But I've got her number now, and while I was flipping through her contacts, I memorized Julius Blackwood's number too."