Chapter 221 Why Are You Defending Her?
Before Blair could even say a word, Tilda was already heading upstairs.
Thinking back to what Tilda had just said, Blair turned pale.
That was right.
With connections like Andy and Jude, there was no way Tilda was short on cash.
Trying to corner her from that angle was pointless.
Maybe if she could make Tilda blow off some steam.
But should she do what Tilda said—get on her knees and bark like a dog?
No way!
Blair would never humiliate herself like that.
She didn’t even dare call Daphne. All she could do was text.
“I failed, Daphne. I’m sorry. You’ll have to handle this one yourself.”
Blair was powerless against Tilda, barely able to hold herself together.
Her hand still throbbed from getting slammed in the door.
Then, her phone rang. It was Russell.
Blair took a deep breath. She picked up the call with her uninjured hand and tried to sound steady. “Hey, Honey. What’s the matter?”
“It’s serious, Darling. You need to come home now. Something happened to Howard!”
Blair went pale, “W–what? I’m coming home right now!”
She soon rushed back to the villa.
“Russell, what happened?”
Russell let out a long sigh. “Howard locked himself in his room. No matter how much we call, he won’t answer. Wade tried talking to him.”
Meanwhile, Wade came down the stairs. He shook his head when he saw Blair and Russell’s worried looks.
“Dad, Mom, Howard is probably just in a bad mood. Let him cool off. Don’t bother him right now.”
“What happened? Everything seemed fine when you left today.”
Russell handed his phone to Blair.
She took it in confusion. But as soon as she saw the video, her face fell.
“This is … Tilda? No, this can’t be real. Something is wrong with this video."
“Howard is a WWE champ! How did he let Tilda thrash him so badly?!”
“Mom, it’s real. I was there. Howard insisted on challenging her. The video is legit—he did lose."
“That’s why he’s so … upset right now.”
Honestly, “shut down” described Howard perfectly right now.
Tilda had completely crushed him.
That was the pride he’d always been proud of.
Now, in front of the sister he once ignored and looked down on, he was utterly humiliated.
The hit to Howard’s ego was worse than anything Wade had ever felt.
“Why does it always have to be Tilda? Everything was fine before. How did Howard end up fighting her?”
Russell felt his anger rising again.
He kept telling himself to stay calm and not repeat his mistakes. Last time, he had stormed off at Tilda and ended up revealing a major weakness.
“Dad, this isn’t Tilda’s fault. Howard was the one who pushed her to fight."
“She didn’t even want to deal with us at first, but Howard wouldn’t let it go. That’s why it all ended like this.”
Seeing the Jensons about to blame Tilda again, Wade jumped in.
“Wade, why are you defending Tilda?”
Blair looked at him in surprise. She remembered Wade always hated Tilda.
“I’m just speaking the truth, Mom. We can’t keep misunderstanding her. We already owe her so much."
“We haven’t done anything we promised her. She’s part of this family—my little sister and your daughter!"
“But all we’ve done is misunderstand her. We hurt her, push her away, and turn her into an enemy. We’ve never given her anything else!”
Blair and Russell froze, staring at Wade in shock.
He was still breathing hard, his face flushed.
He’d been holding all those feelings in for a long time.
Wade knew that even if he said that, Russell and Blair probably wouldn’t care.
They’d just think he was overreacting.
They’d never understand what it was like to be misunderstood and abandoned by their family.
That was exactly what Tilda went through.
And the worst part? After losing their little sister for 19 years, they acted like everything was normal.
They treated her so coldly.
Thinking about it hit Wade like a tidal wave of guilt. It almost made it hard for him to breathe.
He wondered how someone as messed up as he even deserved to live.
“Wade is right.”
Just then, Dominic’s voice came from behind.
It didn’t have his usual calm or confident tone.