The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 1753

“I had no idea they were my biological parents.” Serena’s voice trembled, her face drained of color as tears streamed down her cheeks. “I only found out just now.”

To make matters worse, her birth mother had died that very day, having fallen from the eighteenth floor.

Louisa was livid with rage. “Your mother brought a gang to kidnap my daughter, they pulled her hair, whipped her, slapped her twice. Today, I’m going to get justice for my girl.”

“Mom.” Serena was petrified.

Before she could beg for mercy, Louisa raised her hand and struck Serena with a series of harsh slaps.

Serena’s face swelled from the blows, a trickle of blood running from the corner of her mouth. Just then, Edith approached with a rolling pin in hand.

“Ma’am, we didn’t have a whip, but this should do.”

The rolling pin, typically used by chefs to roll out dough, now found a different use.

Serena was both angry and desperate, never having imagined Edith would kick her when she was down, fetching a rolling pin from the kitchen.

The rolling pin was solid wood, as if they wished her dead.

Louisa, unable to find anything else suitable, seized the rolling pin with fierce determination and struck hard.

Serena instinctively raised her hands to protect herself, but the blow from the wooden rolling pin was so painful that it drained the color from her face.

“You watched Bella get kidnapped, threatened, humiliated. You didn’t plead for her once. Instead, you reminded your mother to be careful of Bella wearing a wire or a hidden camera. Fearing any slip-ups.” Louisa lashed out at Serena, “You traitorous, heartless wretch.”

Serena collapsed onto the glass shards, her palms and the backs of her hands pierced by countless pieces. Pain coursed through her body, causing her to tremble, nearly fainting from the shock.

“Did you think that without Bella here, you could take her place? With Bella gone, you could be the darling Miss Collins again? Did you think without Bella, your engagement to Romeo could just carry on?”