Chapter 959
Dean hobbled over with his cane. “Ellinor, don’t worry, I’ll sort this out. They’ll pay for what they’ve done to you.”
Ellinor gave a small smile. “Thanks, Grandpa Dean, for believing in me.”
Tracy and Sheila, on the other hand, were scared stiff when they heard Dean was going to handle the situation and thought they were going to be punished. They wanted to bolt.
Tracy forced a smile, saying, “Uh… Sorry, something’s come up at home, so we’ve gotta bounce,”
Sheila nervously clung to her mother’s arm. “We’re out.”
Tracy and Sheila booked it out of there, and the Howard family’s servants didn’t stop them since they hadn’t been told to.
Dean and his wife never really gave two hoots about Tracy and her daughter. They were more concerned about Xenia and Patricia, who had embarrassed them.
They sat down with stern faces. Dean frowned at Xenia and Patricia, grunting. “What’ve you got to say for yourselves?”
Patricia was obviously scared witless and couldn’t find her voice.
But Xenia wasn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. She gritted her teeth in anger. If Ellinor was going to oust her and her daughter from the Howard family, then she wouldn’t let Ellinor off scot-free.
“Dad, even if Patricia did find Ms. Mendoza’s stepmother and had her spill the beans online about Ms. Mendoza’s scandals, how can we prove they’re all lies? Maybe Patricia just wanted to show everyone the real Ms. Mendoza.”
Patricia, hearing her mother, quickly collected herself and chimed in, “Grandpa, Grandma, okay, I admit I found Ellinor’s stepmother. I had her share the mother and daughter’s story.
I heard that Ellinor seriously screwed them over, and I couldn’t stand them not getting any compensation.
I didn’t admit it before because I was afraid you’d give me a hard time for meddling.”
Patricia, quite the drama queen, started crying and shaking as she spoke.
Xenia, feigning sympathy for her daughter, comforted her and shot Ellinor a hateful look, “Ms. Mendoza keeps insisting that those rumors are false, but why hasn’t she cleared her name? Why hasn’t she proved that she didn’t do those things?”
Suddenly, all eyes were on Ellinor again.
Ellinor raised an eyebrow, “Mrs. Howard, the Internet has been buzzing with this scandal. Do you really think anyone would believe me if I tried to clear my name now?”
Xenia snorted, “If you could provide solid evidence that you’re innocent, people would believe you! But if it’s just talk with no proof, why would anyone believe you, Ms. Mendoza? Or is it that you don’t have any evidence?”
Ellinor replied, “I indeed don’t have evidence.”
Xenia scoffed, “Well, if you have no proof, then you can’t blame people for believing that poor mother and daughter’s story!”
