"It's all your fault! You brought George a lot of trouble. He shouldn't be involved in such a trivial matter," Donna blamed Holley. She cast a glimpse at Holley and added,"It was just a small mistake but you blew it up and made it more severe."
"Aunt Donna, I..." Holley wanted to say something but controlled herself and became speechless. Then, she sadly lowered her head. George got even angrier when he saw her expression.
"Mom, how could you treat Holley so unfairly? This incident was clearly Sula's fault. Why would you blame Holley, instead?" George asked his mother with discontent. He cast a glimpse at Sula with an arched brow and continued,"Sula, I once took you as my sister. I never blamed you no matter what mistakes you made. But it is different this time. What you did for many times really irritated me. I can't bear that anymore."
George stared at Sula and added,"From now on, I don't want to see your face again. If you dare do anything to hurt Holley, I will never forgive you."
"George, you're getting everything wrong..." Sula knew George was really angry when he gave her the warning. She felt so sad to receive George's wrath because what happened was Holley's fault. But George chose to blame her instead.
She stared back at George and firmly decided to fight Holley. Now that Holley had started the war with her, the only way out was to bravely fight her.
She said,"George, I admit that I love you since we were little. If this woman didn't come between us, we could have been engaged. No... we could have got married. I just wanted to have a talk with her and had no intention to hit her. It was her who..." George laughed sarcastically and interrupted Sula's speech.
"Now what, Sula? Don't be foolish in trying to attribute the fault to Holley? Do you want to tell me that she injured herself?" George gave a sneer and asked,"How can that be possible? Holley hasn't completely recovered yet. Why don't you find an excuse that sounds more realistic?"
Sula's face grew pale in anger and embarrassment. What she said did sound ridiculous but it was the truth.
Holley would do anything to frame her.
Seeing Sula was rendered speechless, George gave a cold smile and said,"Sula, I'm sorry if I ruined our engagement, but that had nothing to do with Holley. That time, I just didn't want to be the sacrifice for the benefit of our company. I always felt sorry for you and wanted to make amends, but what you did today really disappointed me."
Then he mocked,"I always thought you were a good and innocent girl. Just now I realized that you are totally different from how you look like. You would devise such a ridiculous excuse just to pass the buck to Holley. I am really disappointed with you."
Sula was deeply hurt and shrank as she heard George's harsh comments. She couldn't understand why George would only listen to Holley's lies.
"What nonsense are you talking about George?" Donna interrupted and inquired. Seeing Sula's distraught expression, Donna couldn't help but butt in and question George,"Son, do you really think that she is evil as you imagined her to be?"
"Why not, Mom?" George gave a sneer and added,"So can you honestly tell me why Holley got injured?"
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