The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 1631

Why would she slap her instead?!

She could tell Mrs. Collins had put all her might into that slap. Serena's cheek was visibly reddened and swollen.

It seemed Louisa wasn't done yet, as she delivered a second resounding slap to Serena's face.

The sound echoed crisply in the air, startling even those two servants who were cleaning the garden nearby.

What on earth was going on? They had thought Mr. and Mrs. Collins had come out to bring Ms. Serena back in.

That slap was too much for Serena to handle. She collapsed onto the snow-covered ground, bewildered as to why her mother would hit her.

Louisa, trembling with anger, threw a thick envelope at Serena's face. It took Serena a moment to gather herself and pick it up, only to find it was a lawyer's letter from Ms. Kiki.

The letter itself was only two pages long, but attached were more than a dozen pages of printouts. They were screenshots of Serena's online rants against a singer named Summer, including her spiteful exchanges with Summer's fans.

[That concert was so noisy; how could anyone sing so flawlessly? It had to be pre-recorded.]

[The voice you all heard was processed. I know Summer personally, and her real voice is nothing special. She wouldn't dare sing live in public; she just lip-syncs.]

[I know Summer; she's a distant relative of mine. Not only is her singing mediocre, but under that mask, her face is quite unpleasant. Only her eyes are passable. Overall, she's nothing compared to me.]

[And her lyrics and compositions aren't even her own. She's got a whole team behind her; don't ask me how I know.]

And it wasn't just these. Her online spats with Summer's fans were also meticulously captured.