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“She did. She threatened me.” Sydney bit her lips and sobbed harder. She tried her best to squeeze out a few more tears and look as if she had been picked on by her stepsister. “Granny, you have no idea how obnoxious she is! She’s seducing every man in her sight. In fact, she’s throwing herself at Evan. She thinks that if she gets Evan on her side, she’ll be able to push us around.”
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young woman wiped the crocodile tears off her cheeks as she continued sobbing. Her shoulders trembled with feigned anguish and misery. “Granny, she’s going to come after our family. She’s going to want payback. She must hate you for driving her out of the MacMillan family.”
“That’s right! She said something to me… Granny, she said…” Sydney trailed off as she bit her lips. The look on her face was that of hesitation and worry.
The old woman bought the act. She reached out and patted Sydney comfortingly on the back of her hand. “Don’t worry, my sweet pumpkin. Tell me. Your Granny has your back.”
“She cursed you. She said that she hopes you die and go to hell!” Sydney said viciously as she eyed the look on her grandmother’s face deliberately.
As soon as she spat out those vicious words, the old lady lost her cool. The latter tightened her fingers into angry fists. Her face darkened with fury. You could almost feel the storm clouds gather above her head and sense the fast approach of a furious thunderstorm. Mdm MacMillan’s eyes burned with anger.
The old lady shook with rage. She had fallen for Sydney’s lies completely. “How dare she! I won’t let her push our family around. Let her try! I’ll stop her even if it kills me!”
She can still remember the voodoo dolls that they had found in the room of Anya’s late mother.
She truly believed that the dolls were imbued with dark magic.
If the curse of Anya’s late mother worked, it meant that the old lady was going to go to hell after she died. She was going to be barred from entering heaven.
Mdm MacMillan was a deeply religious person. She couldn’t bear the thought of being sent to hell.
Yet, here was Anya, following her mother’s footsteps and cursing her grandmother twice.
What a terrible young woman. How could she do that to her own grandmother? How could she repeat her mother’s sin?
The woman had no morals. Why had she let Anya off that easily?
She should’ve made sure Anya died alongside her vicious mother. They would make good company for each other in hell.
“My precious Sydney, you can stop crying,” the old lady finally said. “Like I said, Granny’s got your back. As long as I’m around, I won’t let her ruin your happiness.”
“Okay, Granny,” Sydney said. She didn’t try to say anything more. She could see how furious her grandmother was. Besides, the old lady had agreed to step in and help her.
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The young woman nodded meekly.
“Mom, don’t get upset. Let me help you to your room.” Melissa, who had been observing the exchange between Sydney and Mdm MacMillan, seized the opportunity to display her concern for the old lady as she offered to help the latter back to her
room.
She got
got Mdm MacMillan comfortable before stepping out of the old lady’s bedroom.
Sydney had wiped the false tears off her cheeks and was glaring at the television set in the living room. The gears in her head were turning furiously as she tried to think of how to deal with Anya.
The old lady might have promised to help Sydney, but success was not guaranteed. She might fail.
Sydney needed a backup plan.
“Sydney, were you telling her the truth?” Melissa asked as she made her way towards her daughter and took a seat on the couch. “Is Anya honestly picking on you?”
“I won’t call it that.” Sydney looked away. “Everything else is true though. She’s spending a lot of time with Evan. I’m not sure if they’re dating.”
“Mom, you know that I’m in love with Evan. You tried to set Anya up a year ago and ended up doing the same to Evan. It took me six months to get over that.”
Melissa knew how much her daughter loved Evan. She hadn’t expected things to turn out that way a year ago. It had been
an accident.
She cupped her daughter’s cheek gently. “Don’t be upset, darling. You have us on your side. We won’t let Anya get what she wants. She won’t have Evan. If I’d known this would happen, I would’ve made sure your dear sister ended up getting buried alongside her mother.”
Sydney nodded. “Well, if we can’t kill her, can we at least marry her off to someone else?”
Melissa froze. Marry An
off?
“Marry Anya off? To whom?”
“Anyone will do. She could marry a dead man for all I care. It just can’t be Evan,” Sydney spat out viciously.
Melissa read Sydney’s mind instantly. Her lips curled into a malicious smile. “Don’t worry, Sydney. I’ll take care of this.”
“Okay, Mom.”
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