The Year I Was the Other Woman To Myself novel Chapter 498

“Penelope! She’s the reason this happened to me! I… I won’t let her get away with it!”

Zebulon pressed his lips together. “I warned you not to go head-to-head with Penelope. You can’t win.”

“Just because you’re a fucking coward, you think I am too?”

“Rebecca, that’s enough!”

“I was attacked! If you were a man, you’d go settle the score with the people who did this to me, not stand here yelling at me!”

“We’re divorced!”

“You’re not a man!”

“Get out of here, now! You’re not welcome in my home!”

“Is this your home? If you had any ambition, you wouldn't be squatting in someone else's house!”

“Rebecca!”

“Did I say anything that wasn't true?”

Their shouting woke up Yolanda. The little girl walked to the top of the stairs, rubbing her eyes.

“Daddy, Mommy, are you fighting again?”

Seeing his daughter, Zebulon quickly lowered his voice. “No, we were just talking a little loudly…”

“Yolanda, my life is so miserable!”

Rebecca, however, ignored him and burst into tears in front of her daughter.

Yolanda saw that her mother was hurt and rushed down the stairs.

“Mommy, what happened? Who hurt you?”

“My darling, you’re the only one who cares about Mommy! Everything I do, I do for you, but your father doesn't understand! Penelope, that bitch, do you know what she did to me? She threw me to those men…”

“Rebecca, shut up!”

Zebulon clamped a hand over Rebecca's mouth. How could she say such things to their daughter, without any regard for whether she could handle it or the scars it would leave on her young mind.

“I told you to get out!”

“Zebulon, don’t forget. While you were in prison these past few years, I was the one supporting your entire family! You should be eternally grateful to me. Your whole family should be on their knees thanking me!”

Zebulon grabbed Rebecca and threw her out the door.

“Don’t ever come back here. Don’t see Yolanda again. She doesn’t have a mother like you!”

“You think I’m tainted now?” Rebecca let out a sharp laugh. “If I hadn’t slept with those men, where would I have gotten the money to support your family?”

“Rebecca, shut your mouth!”

“Zebulon, I came here to warn you. Don’t get all bewitched the moment you see Penelope. If you ruin my plans, I’ll kill you!”

She said, pointing back at the villa, “This house is mine! I’m getting it!”

Zebulon didn’t want to deal with her and turned to go inside.

“Zebulon, don’t be so high and mighty! Without this villa, you’ll all be out on the street! Let’s be clear, who am I doing this for? I’m doing it for you!”