Winner Takes All novel Chapter 30

Stunned, Katherine looked at Elissa blankly.

“Mum, I really had already spoken to Shirley about the engagement party!” Katherine felt extremely wronged.

The engagement party really had disgraced the Parry family. She had been explaining herself countless times these last few days after facing the blame from Elissa.

“You are still lying to me!”

Elissa breathed heavily and said angrily, “Shirley comes from a good family. Are you really saying that she deliberately pretended to cause havoc at the engagement party?”

“Katherine, what do you mean?” Tommy was also nervous and stood up quickly. “I know what kind of person Shirley is. So I know she would never do that kind of thing.”

Katherine trembled with tears as she felt she was being seriously wronged.

She was sobbing as she said, “Why don’t you believe me? Mom, just who exactly is your real daughter?”

Elissa’s face went red as she raised her hand to cover her chest, “When I face a matter, I focus on the facts and don’t bias towards certain people. You are my daughter, and Shirley is my daughter in law. She is about to marry my son. Do you still want to try contradicting me?”

“I…” Katherine was about to speak.

Kieran stamped his foot down as she said, “That’s enough Katherine, or do you want to piss your mom off to another heart attack?”

Hearing this, Katherine gave up arguing.

“Mum, get some rest. I’m going to work now,” Katherine put down the thermos flask, turned around and ran out while covering her eyes.

“Work? You earn that little. It’s far not enough. I am your mother. I am staying at the hospital now. You don’t even seem to care a little bit?”

Elissa shouted loudly when seeing Katherine leave.

After she heard this, Katherine collapsed completely. She passed the corridor and ran into the stairwell. She then couldn't help bursting into tears.

“Why am I the one to blame? What did I do wrong? Why must I bear all these myself?”

By doing so, she released all the emotions she endured these days.

After Elissa was hospitalized, Katherine had been under the stress of being framed. She had been tied up with preparing food for her parents and Tommy while working.

But in return she just got relentless questioning and misunderstanding from Elissa.

She wanted to go and asked Shirley why she refused Tommy at the engagement party.

But she refrained from doing this.

She knew that it was impossible for Shirley to tell the truth, and her whole family was now siding with Shirley. It would then be difficult for her to fight against them.

In a daze, Katherine looked ahead blankly and muttered, “Jack…”

After 3 years of marriage, she had suffered such kind of grievances.

But Jack was always by her side comforting her and getting her problems solved every time.

While she muttered to herself, Katherine took out her phone and sent a message to Jack.

“Jack, I’m exhausted.”

She waited a long time with no reply.

She buried her head in tears with despair.

In the ward Kieran looked at Elissa helplessly and said, “It’s been two days. But you just can’t stop getting angry with Katherine. Don’t you care about yourself?”

“Are you blaming me here?”

Elissa raised her eyebrows and stared at Kieran, “She said she had dealt with Shirley. But how came she did that at the engagement party? I was utterly humiliated in front of 30 tables of friends and relatives. I’ve lost my face!”

Kieran was about to murmur when Elissa continued roaring, “Our entire family has been completely disgraced! If Shirley breaks up with Tommy because of grudge, how can we rely her on delivering a baby for our family? Don’t ever let this happen!”

After he heard this, Kieran immediately felt dispirited.

He knew that Shirley was well-educated and had a good job with a decent background. But his son Tommy was nothing but a loser. She was way out of his league and could find a much better guy.

If Shirley really broke up with Tommy, and Tommy still tried to find another girl like her, then nobody would ever take a look at him.

Elissa suddenly thought of something and said to Tommy, “Tommy, You know Shirley felt so grudged at the engagement party. Have you already explained to her?”