The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 2055

After ending the call, Arabella knew Clark had been eavesdropping the whole time and she didn't bother to hide it.

"So, Lucas and his wife might be the masterminds behind this?" Clark recalled the recent New Year, when his aunt and her new driver's peculiar behavior raised eyebrows. "If it really is them, imagine how heartbroken Grandma, Grandpa, and our parents would be."

"We don't have solid evidence against them; it's just a suspicion. Don't take it to heart, Clark. Actually, I hope we're wrong."

The following afternoon.

When Diana went to visit her mother in the hospital, she noticed that Serena, from the adjacent room, was getting ready to be discharged.

June was packing Serena's things while Dora and a nurse helped Serena into a wheelchair. Their light laughter and conversation stung Diana deeply.

She marched in and slapped Serena hard across the face.

"Miss Diana." Dora gasped in shock, "Serena is still very weak."

"And what about my mother?" Diana couldn't believe her family's employees were now taking Serena's side!

She looked down at Serena in the wheelchair, remembering how her brother had knelt on the patio for two hours yesterday to save this wretch. She was furious and slapped Serena twice more.

Serena was both angry and humiliated. If it weren't for the others present, she would have lunged at Diana.

"You stressed my mother into a heart attack, and I haven't even begun to settle that score with you!" Diana yanked Serena's hair, saying in a rage, "Do you have no shame? I've made it clear our family doesn't welcome you, yet you still worm your way around my brother. Where is your dignity?"