Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Balcony Collapse

Seeing she couldn’t avoid them, Melody Summers had no choice but to turn and shoot a cold glance at Sylvia Lancaster and Elaine Hughes.

Elaine Hughes was surprised to see it was Melody Summers.

Melody Summers’s clothes were clean, her face fair, and her hair neat. It was clear she had been doing well lately and hadn’t been affected by the natural disaster.

This filled Elaine Hughes with a tinge of regret. She had hoped Melody Summers wouldn’t be doing so well, thinking it would make her more willing to return to the Lancaster family.

"Melody, I’ve been calling you for the past few days. Why haven’t you been picking up? When are you planning to come home? And where are you living now?" Elaine Hughes asked, her voice laced with urgency.

The Lancaster family had sent people to find Melody Summers’s address. Through her school, they only managed to get the address of her old apartment in the school district, but when they rushed over, they discovered she had already sold it.

"What nonsense are you spouting in broad daylight? Of course I’m living in my own home," Melody Summers replied with a frown.

Elaine Hughes froze, then said with displeasure, "Melody, stop throwing a tantrum. You’re refusing to come home just because Sylvia is there, aren’t you? I already told you, Sylvia will move out after she gets engaged. What more could you possibly be unsatisfied with?"

Elaine Hughes tried to grab Melody Summers again, but Melody dodged her, frowning in disgust. "Are you insane? Getting physical in a mall in broad daylight. Are you trying to kidnap someone?"

Elaine Hughes stood frozen, staring at her in disbelief with a wounded expression. "How can you say that to me? I’m your biological mother..."

Melody Summers scoffed. "Biological mother? Besides your daughter, Sylvia Lancaster, doesn’t the Lancaster family only have an illegitimate daughter? Whose mother could you possibly be?"

Seeing her chance, Sylvia Lancaster, who was standing to the side, quickly tried to change the subject. "Sister, how can you talk like that? Besides, are you refusing to come to my wedding because you have feelings for Ethan, too?"

Melody Summers completely ignored Sylvia Lancaster. She’d become immune to Sylvia’s topic-changing tactics in her last life. She stared right at Elaine Hughes. "Go on, tell me. Your family publicly claims to have one legitimate daughter and one illegitimate one. So, whose mother could you possibly be?"

Elaine Hughes’s face was so red it looked like it could bleed. She didn’t know how to answer Melody’s question and could only say in a low voice, "Melody, I’ve already spoken with your father. After Sylvia’s engagement is settled, we’ll arrange a good match for you, too, so you’ll have a good family to marry into and rely on. Your adoptive mother can’t arrange a good marriage for you. Just come home. Stop being difficult."

Melody Summers was left speechless. She looked at Elaine Hughes with a hint of pity. "I don’t know what kind of values you instilled in Sylvia Lancaster, but my mother taught me from a young age that the only person you can ever truly rely on is yourself. A husband’s family is not a safety net. Ms. Hughes, forgive me for being blunt, but you’re not fit to hold a candle to my mother."

Just then, the sales associate finished packing the jewelry Sophie Thorne had paid for. Not wanting to stick around and be the subject of gossip for the store staff, Melody Summers grabbed Sophie and walked right out of the store, leaving Elaine Hughes and Sylvia Lancaster behind.

Sophie Thorne had been standing there in stunned silence, trying to process the massive amount of information from the conversation between Melody and Elaine Hughes. Then, it suddenly clicked. "So you’re the Lancaster family’s rumored..."

’The illegitimate daughter?’

But Sophie felt that wasn’t quite right. Melody Summers and Elaine Hughes looked somewhat alike—at least, they looked more like a biological mother and daughter than Sylvia Lancaster and Elaine Hughes did.

No wonder she’d always thought Melody Summers looked familiar but couldn’t place who she resembled. Seeing Elaine Hughes today, it all made sense.

Seeing Sophie Thorne’s shocked, conflicted, and confused expression, Melody Summers had no choice but to briefly explain her history with the Lancaster family. Then she reiterated, "I want absolutely nothing to do with them. They’re all like psychos. Whatever you do, don’t you dare lump me in with them!"

Sophie Thorne was completely stunned after hearing the story. She couldn’t imagine a situation where someone would pass off their own biological daughter as an illegitimate one. It was tragic enough that their real daughter had been estranged, but how could her biological parents be so biased?

After a long moment, Sophie Thorne sighed and said with a frown, "Mrs. Lancaster is just too greedy."

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