Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 247

247 I can’t marry twice 

[FLASHBACK] 

The sound of a vase shattering on the floor rang sharply, causing everyone who heard it to panic. Penny jumped in surprise, taking a step back, only to wince when she accidentally stepped on a shard of the vase. 

“Ouch…” Penny bit her lip and squatted down to remove the shard from her foot. “Ahh…” 

She pursed her lips, holding back her tears. It was just a small wound, so she feared the elders. would think she was overreacting if she teared up. She had learned her lesson. 

“Oh, no…” 

Her attention was drawn to a meek voice nearby. When Penny looked up, her eyes landed on a young girl about her age. 

This girl had been teasing Penny moments ago. But since Penny chose to stay quiet and let it go, the girl tried something else to get a reaction from her, ultimately tipping the vase off its stand. “Sophia…” Penny called out. “Are you hurt?” 

Sophia Bennet, age 14, turned her shaky eyes to Penny. Despite her bleeding foot, Penny tiptoed. toward Sophia to see if she was hurt. The boy with them held his breath, shocked at what had happened. 

“Oh, my god! What happened here?!” 

Before Penny could reach Sophia, the latter pushed her away slightly. “Mom!” 

“Sophia!” a middle–aged woman gasped, watching her daughter run towards her. “Sophia, be careful!” 

When Sophia reached her mother, she hugged her out of fear. 

“Sophia, are you hurt? What happened?” the woman asked worriedly, her eyes scanning her daughter. 

Sophia looked up, teary–eyed. “Mom…” 

“It’s Penny!” The boy, Sven, was quick to point a finger. “She was teasing Sophia and ended up tipping the vase! I saw everything!” 

At this moment, the elders and the rest of the family arrived at the scene. When they did, they caught wind of Sven’s remark. 

Penny looked at her cousins in horror. That wasn’t the truth, but she could see the displeasure on everyone’s faces, as they believed Sven. 

“Penny!” Allison called out, stopping at the sight of the shards on the floor. But when she saw the blood on Penny’s foot, her motherly instincts kicked in. Ignoring the shards around her, she carefully rushed to her daughter. 

“Penny!” Allison held her daughter’s shoulders, looking at her up and down. “Are you okay? Your 

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foot is bleeding. Let’s get it cleaned up…” 

“Allison!” Sophia’s mother harrumphed upon seeing this. “What are you doing right now?!” Allison’s breath hitched as she turned to see everyone’s deep frowns. 

“Mom…” Nina clasped her hands closer to her chest, but in her mind, this was yet another opportunity to make Penny look bad.. 

“Allison, first Penny stole something that wasn’t hers! Despite that, the elders showed mercy and let her visit the old residence! But now, you’re acting like she’s the one who needs help when she’s the troublemaker who broke a vase worth more than just money!” the woman fumed. “More importantly, she could have hurt my Sophia! This is deliberate for sure!” 

Allison pursed her lips and glanced at everyone. Meanwhile, Penny looked at her mother. 

Initially, Allison defended Penny against all the bad accusations from her in–laws. But after many incidents involving Penny and her supposed bad behavior, Allison could only lower her eyes. 

“I’m sure Penny didn’t mean…” 

“Allison, just because Penny is your child doesn’t mean you have to keep defending her!” an elderly woman, Charles‘ mother, shouted in frustration. “That brat was raised in a poor and ill–mannered family, so it’s no surprise she has a bad upbringing! It’s your job as a mother to correct that!” 

“Allison, you’ve been in this family for so long, yet it seems you still haven’t gotten used to the 

Bennet faules!” Sophia’s mother added. “If you keep siding with her without disciplining 

her, then you’re simply enabling bad behavior! Unbelievable!” 

Allison kept her lips tight and let her in–laws express their dismay. She had learned long ago that it was best to stay quiet. Fighting her in–laws would never end well for her. 

“What’s going on here?” Suddenly, Charles arrived with the men of the family. His eyes darted back and forth between his wife and daughter, and then to his mother and cousin. 

Charles’s expression instantly darkened as he stepped in to defend his wife and daughter.