Piper sneered. "Do you think I'm an idiot? Everyone has heard the truth! Even young Mr. Wright says that it's you. Why are you still trying to deny it?!"
"There must be some sort of misunderstanding, Piper."
Seeing the way things had developed, Suzanne came up to help Gwenda out.
But Piper would not listen to anything else at the moment. She flung Gwenda's hand away, and spoke sharply. "Madam, I respect you as my senior. However, I also ask you to be less biased! You can't possibly condone such behaviours from your granddaughter like this! Everyone saw it, she's the one who's trying to hurt my grandson! There's nothing left to say in the face of witnesses and real evidence!"
"How can this be possible..."
Suzanne frowned.
"Why not?!"
Piper gave Gwenda a cold stare. "She just wants to hurt my grandson!"
"Gwenda, what exactly happened?"
Suzanne asked solemnly as she looked at her granddaughter.
Gwenda sucked in a deep breath and wiped away the wetness on her face, replying irritably, "What do you think happened? Those two boys were fighting over a toy, and I saw that older kid accidentally push Mrs. Kinney's grandson into the pool, so I jumped in to save him. Who knew that upon saving him, Mrs. Kinney would run over and say that I'm trying to hurt her grandson?"
"You're lying!"
At this time, the mother of the tall boy, Naomi Wright, née Adams, retorted harshly, "You're truly shameless, Gwenda Evans. You dare to pin the blame on a child to escape accountability!"
"I'm telling the truth."
Gwenda gave the boy in Naomi's arms a piercing stare.
The boy trembled with fear under Gwenda's gaze.
Seeing this, Naomi said, "Don't you try to scare my son with that look of yours. Everyone heard it. My son said that you were the one who pushed the child. Don't bother denying it."
"I pushed the child? Do you have the guts to let him repeat that?"
Gwenda asked coldly.
"Why not?"
Naomi tugged on her son gently. "Jimmy, tell them, did she push the child?"
The boy had never faced such a situation before. He was terrified even as he gazed at Gwenda.
"Go on, say it!"
Naomi urged.
Trembling, the boy nodded. "She— she did!"
His words caused an uproar among the crowd.
"Who knew that Gwenda has gotten this deranged? It's quite an eye-opener."
"It has already come to this point. Does Suzanne still want to protect her?"
"Even if the Reeds want to protect her, they probably can't. Do you think it's easy to deal with Piper Kinney?"
"That's true. I guess Gwenda really asked for trouble this time."
The guests chattered amongst themselves.
Piper turned white with rage. "What else do you have left to say, Gwenda Evans!?"
"I've already said that it wasn't me!"
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