In the Walker family hall, Florence’s incessant screaming was filling the space.
Her voice told everyone that she was terribly wronged, and she was in a very deep pain.
She continued to push Harriet while her spirits continued to break down, “Harriet, why did you scheme with Gianna to push the blame to me, why are you doing this to me? We share such a great bond for so many years. Am I so tiny and insignificant in your heart?”
She was implying Harriet to stop speaking nonsense with a hidden threat.
Harriet was also crying very furiously.
She didn’t like revealing the truth either.
Although her young lady had a bad temper and a twisted personality, she still treated Harriet quite decently. This was due to the family culture where Mr. and Mrs. Walker and the other elders always treated their maids and underlings well. They had nothing but gratitude towards them while working in this family.
Harriet never wanted to harm any of the members of such family.
Florence saw that Harriet had sunken into a momentary silence and believed that she had convinced Harriet. After all, Harriet had been by her side for so many years, and she was very familiar with Harriet’s disposition. Harriet was not someone who began a conflict on her own, and from her current agonized look, Harriet wouldn’t want to continue to lock horns with her!
Therefore, at that moment, she turned her attention to Gianna as she pointed at Gianna with a pained expression, “Sister-in-law, I know you hate me and you wanted to slap me as much as you hate me. I don’t care how you wanted to get revenge on me, but why did you accuse me for having feelings for my brother? No matter how bad a person I am, I wouldn’t be so twisted! Even without going to school, I know very well that any kind of relationship is forbidden between siblings, yet you are throwing such an excuse to blame me. Do you really want to see me dead so that I can prove my innocence?”
“If it were not for the fact that I have discovered your feelings for Kingsley, I would have admitted the wrongdoing you have pinned on me.” In contrast to Florence’s riled up demeanour, Gianna was considerably calmer. She navigated this argument with poise and maturity, which only served to show how uneducated and barbaric Florence was at the moment.
She continued, “From the moment I was married to Kingsley and entered this family, I never wanted to begin any conflict with anyone. That holds true for every family member. I even think that I can understand your motives for framing me, since it’s only natural that you don’t know me well for the short time I am in this family, with my marriage a sudden one. You must have bias against me from the rumours you heard, but I still think that I can accept all that. After all, as long as we take our time to get to know each other, such puny misunderstandings would have resolved themselves.”
Florence stared at Gianna with her teary eyes.
She couldn’t foresee what this woman was going to come up with next.
Despite that, she would never admit that she love her own brother.
“However, the moment I discovered your feelings for Kingsley, I thought that I couldn’t just let this slide. After all, your feelings for him are wrong in the beginning what with your sibling ties to him. To put it more bluntly, your feelings are sickening.
“I never like him, I never like him in the first place! I always view my brother as just a brother, nothing more, but why do you insist to steer the argument your direction? Why do I have to become something so stinky in your mouth?” Florence retorted while she was almost out of control!”
“Harriet.” Gianna said to Harriet, “Take out the miss’ diary.”
Harriet’s body visibly throbbed.
At that moment, it was as if she was perched on a taut wire.
Even the slightest change in the air would alert her.
She raised her head and stared at Gianna before turning to check Florence.
Florence’s face had drastically changed at the moment.
She looked extremely grotesque.
No way.
How did Gianna learn of her diary?
Why did Gianna know about it?
No way.
She couldn’t let anyone see her diary.
Besides written records of her feelings for Kingsley, she had written down every cruel and despicable thing she had done in her life, and also her dark musings hidden deep within her heart.
Due to the fact that she couldn’t share her triumphant satisfaction with just anyone, she had written down on her diary so that she could reread them afterwards.
She always felt elated after reading her diary!
At the same time, she was always very cautious. She never let anyone learn of her diary-writing habits except for Harriet!
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