She was greeted by Phoebe Turner, her face full of smiles, "Sister, you’re finally back. Dad, Mom, and I have been waiting for you for a long ti."
Stepmother Ruth Leighton said with reluctance, "Making our whole family wait just for you, where do you get the nerve? You ungrateful thing!"
Victor Turner glared at his wife, "Laura’s finally co ho today, say a little less, will you?"
Ruth was about to say more, but her daughter gave her a look, so she had to stop.
Phoebe, as if she were a social butterfly, tended to Laura Quincy’s emotions, "Sister, it’s just been a long ti since my mom saw you, she’s straightforward when she speaks, don’t take it to heart."
Laura let out a cold laugh, "If I’m not welco here, then I have no desire to co into this house. Just tell directly what you want from !"
Victor hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Laura, since you’re rarely ho, you should at least stay one night. Your room upstairs has already been prepared."
Laura coldly refused, "I wouldn’t dare think of staying even for a night, let’s just get to the point!"
She was sure they had so reason for calling her back, otherwise, they wouldn’t have arranged this banquet of betrayal for no reason...
If they just wanted her back for a al and to talk about family, that was absolutely impossible!
Phoebe quickly stepped up and took her hand, "Sister, why have you beco so impatient now? It’s been a long ti since our family has sat down for a al together. You should at least be a bit nicer to Dad! After all, you’re the younger one."
She indeed appeared well-educated and reasonable.
Laura coldly shook off her hand. This family was truly strange!
They treated her worse than a servant before! Stepmother Ruth was always finding fault with her. If she made the slightest mistake, she would report it to Dad...
Then Dad would beat her black and blue without distinguishing right from wrong.
As for her toys, they were all taken by Phoebe, and she couldn’t take them back. Dad would say, "Phoebe is your sister, what’s wrong with her playing with them for a bit? When did you beco so selfish?"
Just recalling those high school years of study was an endless darkness and oppression...
When she was bullied, she could only hide under the blanket and cry when everyone was asleep; every ti, she wished her mom would co down from heaven and take her away...
All the painful mories of those three high school years ca from this ho, from the three people before her, who never considered her a part of the family.
Even her birth father was cold as frost towards her...
She had once gathered the courage to ask him, "Why do you treat like this? I am your biological daughter, too!"
Victor looked at her with disgust, "Yes! You’re my biological daughter, but I didn’t love your mom. Since I joined the Quincy Family, I’ve been no more than the man behind her back, despised by everyone, even she preferred to talk and laugh with other n rather than speak to more..."
"In the Quincy Family, I was just a puppet. The company matters were in her control, and I could only follow her around, running errands and doing odd jobs. As for your grandfather, he looked down on as if my only function was to produce you with your mom and then be discarded as nothing! Do you know how suffocated I’ve felt living like this for over a decade? Your little grievances are nothing in comparison!"
Laura, sixteen, listened dumbfounded. In her impression, her mom and dad’s relationship was always good, never arguing, unlike so classmates who said they heard their parents fighting in the middle of the night...
The once-thought perfect family collapsed in an instant. It turned out she wasn’t the product of her parents’ love; her dad deeply resented her mom’s dominance...
Victor continued, "Only with Ruth could I find a man’s dignity and fulfillnt. In her eyes, I am the big man who can hold up the sky. But in your mom’s eyes, I’m a weak little man, only knowing how to follow behind her. She never asked if I liked this kind of life."
He paused a mont, "Including marriage, it was all her one-sided wish. We were actually classmates at that ti. She was the proudest princess in our class, the queen, and everyone was willing to submit to her, yet I just didn’t want to care about her, focused on my studies because my family was poor. My parents sent to college in hopes I’d achieve sothing great one day..."
"I never expected to catch her attention and for her to favor . Later, it was she who pursued . Even though I was a poor kid at that ti, being chased by a rich girl was quite a face-saving thing. At first, I didn’t agree; later, the affair grew bigger, and I suddenly beca a campus figure. My friends all advised to accept your mom’s pursuit until the night of your mom’s birthday, we both drank too much..."
Hearing this, Laura just felt a chill in her heart.
It turned out there was such a story between her mom and this man. Her mom must never have expected that the man she fancied would co to this, utterly unworthy of her deep love...
Her mom was a woman of strong character, determined to live her life with the man she fell for, but things didn’t go as planned. In the course of marriage, the two drifted apart, never to return...
"So, you never loved Mom?"
Laura Quincy heard her own voice, perhaps wanting to confirm one last ti.
Victor Turner shook his head, "She was too bright and dazzling, always living in a princess’s castle. We are not the sa kind of people, she never understood , there’s no way love could exist between us..."
Laura seed to hear the sound of a needle stabbing into her heart.
Not for herself, but for her deceased mother...
After this conversation, all hope for this so-called father died in Laura’s heart. She devoted herself entirely to her studies, only thinking about getting into a good university and completely escaping this family.
If she could, she would really prefer never to have anything to do with them again until she died!
The mory abruptly ended, and Laura’s expression remained cold as always, "When have you ever spoken nicely to ? Phoebe Turner, is there any point in pretending to be a good person in front of now? How did you treat throughout high school? You snatched everything that was mine! You complained I bullied you at the drop of a hat. In the winter of my sophomore year, you went as far as to roll down the stairs as part of a pitiful act. You were pretty skilled and didn’t get hurt, but my hand got smacked by Father, and I was punished to clean for a week. Heh heh... Even now, I still get chilblains in winter every year."
Her gaze swept coldly over the three in front of her, none of whom dared to et her eyes directly.
Ruth Leighton mumbled, "What nonsense are you spouting? How could an innocent child like Phoebe resort to a pitiful act? It was her luck that she wasn’t hurt rolling down the stairs. You are the only one who could be so vicious as a sister. How many years have passed and you still have the nerve to bring it up..."
She had just finished speaking when she was t with Laura’s cold glare, as if carved from ice, sending shivers down one’s spine...
Phoebe Turner quickly pretended to be aggrieved, "Sis, I really didn’t know at the ti that Dad would punish you so severely. Do you still get chilblains every year? We can go see a doctor soti, okay? Chilblains can be treated now."
Victor Turner chid in, "Yes! With modern dicine, such minor injuries can be treated."
Laura’s lips curled into a mocking, cold smile, Phoebe Turner! Your acting skills have certainly improved, it’s a pity you didn’t go study acting!
"My ti is precious, if you have sothing to say, say it quickly."
She glanced at her watch, the aning was obvious.
Phoebe Turner and Victor Turner exchanged a glance, Phoebe giggled and said, "Sis, I’m about to graduate soon. I studied HR, and I checked online, Aegis Group’s HR departnt is recruiting externally, so I want you to help out, this request is simple, right?"
Laura knew nothing good would co of them calling her back, "Sorry! I’m not that familiar with the HR departnt!"
Victor Turner also pleaded, "Laura, could you please help Phoebe? It’d be great for both sisters to work in the sa company, and you can look out for each other."
Hearing this made Laura feel almost sick enough to vomit...
They only know how to try to please her when they need sothing, but unfortunately, they’ve miscalculated, she absolutely won’t and can’t help with this!
"I’m just a low-level employee, I don’t have that kind of authority. If you want to join Aegis Group, rely on your real ability. Asking for help is completely the wrong idea."
The Turner family trio was displeased with her words, especially Ruth Leighton, "Laura, Phoebe is your own sister, it’s your duty as an elder sister to help your younger sibling. After all, we raised you all these years! Truly a wolf raised on fodder for no reward!"
Laura gazed coldly at her, speaking word by word, "You, have no right to scold !"
Phoebe Turner wasn’t annoyed, smiling as she leaned over, but Laura dodged her, leaving Phoebe to pout, "Sis, about you allegedly kidnapping Fourth Young Master Hawthorne’s son, Fourth Young Master actually personally clarified on social dia, so it shows you know him! Saying a few words for isn’t that hard, please!"
Laura was not swayed by her sulking, "You’re overthinking it! Clarifying on social dia to clear my na was supposed to happen. I haven’t done what they accused of; no one should falsely bla ! Things aren’t as you imagine. It’s better to cultivate your abilities than to dwell on this."
Phoebe Turner was sowhat annoyed that no matter how she probed, Laura wouldn’t agree, "Sis, you really won’t help with this?"
Laura’s tone was icy, "It’s not that I won’t, but that I can’t."
With that, she turned to leave without looking back.
Phoebe Turner irritably said, "Laura! Aren’t you afraid I’ll make a scene at Aegis Group?"
Laura turned her head mockingly, "Go ahead! Unless you never want to get into Aegis Group in your life, or possibly even other companies might not want you, that’s not impossible!"
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