Chapter 260
Half an hour later, Wanda set breakfast on the table just as Madison emerged from her rop
Seeing Rebecca and Tanya, she didn’t seem surprised. “If you have something to say, wait until I’m done eating.”
Rebecca frowned. “Maddie, we’re here to discuss something important.”
“You can talk now,” Madison said, gesturing to the chairs across from her. “I’ll eat while you talk,”
Rebecca’s tone softened but held a reprimanding edge. “Maddie, that’s no way to act. You should respect our mom. At the very least, you should wait till we’re done before you start eating. It’s not right to eat while we’re talking.”
Madison acted as if she hadn’t heard her, picking up her bowl of oatmeal and taking small bites,
“That’s enough!” Tanya snapped, pulling Rebecca back. “No amount of lecturing will change her if she doesn’t want to leam.
Madison looked at Tanya’s indignant expression and Rebecca’s demure one. Suddenly, her oatmeal didn’t seem as appetizing. Setting her bowl down, she asked, ” Are we family? Are we truly relatives?”
Before Tara could speak, Rebecca jumped in, “Of course, we are. Maddie, don’t you feel any connection to the Locke family? Haven’t we treated you well enough? How could you even ask that?”
Madison gave a faint smile, but her gaze stayed on Tanya. “Are we family?”
Tanya’s anger disappeared as she looked into Madison’s face, which was so much like her own
she said quietly. “Maddie, of course, we are. Your father, mother, and brothers all want to make it up to you.”
Madison nodded at the answer, her expression unchanging “So, you think my behavior just now is tude and disrespectful, right?”
Tanya replied, her tone heavy, “Maddie, I know you’re not used to certain etiquettes, but as the Locke family’s heiress, you should understand some of these
Madison smiled. “Rebecca understands them, doesn’t she?
Rebecca tilted her chin slightly.
Tanya sighed. “Becky’s been learning all this since she was little. She knows how to conduct herself. Maddie, you can’t keep blaming Becky, thinking she took something away from you. Becky’s innocent
“I want you two to get along,” she added gently.
Madison picked up her spoon and slowly stirred her oatmeal. “When I was living with the Locke family, there were several times when Rebecca threw her fork down at the table and refused to eat
She looked up, her tone flat. “Did you think she was rude then?”
Tanya remained silent.
“No, you didn’t. You all ran to her room to comfort her.” Madison’s voice remained steady, but Tanya felt the words hit her hard. “You told her she was your precious Becky, the most beautiful and elegant princess in the world. You told her that you’d do anything just to make her smile.”
Madison tumed her gaze to Tanya’s
face. “You’re my biological mother, right?
y Rebecca didn’t take anything from me. Did
“Then why, when Rebecca and I act the same way, am I called disrespectful while she’s your beloved princess? You say i she really take nothing?
“It she weren’t here, wouldn’t I be the one you call yo
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