Chapter 83

“Right, beating her won’t solve anything, so now I have to beg her, huh? She ruined me! My reputation is destroyed. If you still treat her as your daughter, I might as well die!” Daniella thrashed in Bianca’s arms, lunging toward the kitchen for a knife.

Bianca clung to her, sobbing, “Dani, as long as you’re alive, there’s hope. Don’t say things like that. We’ll fix this!”

“Are you happy now?” Gabriel’s voice was hollow, his face gaunt as he turned to Abigail. “You’re driving your sister to suicide!”

Abigail’s smile was cold. She looked at them calmly. “If Daniella truly valued your upbringing, she would apologize for her actions and ask for my forgiveness instead of blaming me for everything. Out, I’m the villain for ‘ruining’ her?”

Her tone carried no anger, only disappointment. “When I was Shearly bred, you locked me up and demanded I quit. Now that the truth is out…” She paused, then added, “Daniella killed someone, and I took the fall. She photoshopped evidence, and it’s my fault after the Halden Group exposed her. Even if I do nothing, her crimes become mine.”

Her voice dropped to a whisper. “My only mistake was coming back to you.”

“Abby…” Bianca’s fingers twitched with unspoken guilt.

“I’m leaving tomorrow. From then on, you’ll have just one daughter.” With that, Abigail headed upstairs.

Her unwavering resolve made Bianca’s chest tighten inexplicably.

Truth be told, Bianca had always harbored some doubts about Daniella. That soup had been proof, but admitting Daniella lied would shatter the perfect daughter illusion she had clung to for years.

Daniella’s wails snapped them back. “Let me die! I don’t want to be your daughter anymore. Give it all to her! Then she’ll stop tormenting me. Just let me go!” She struggled in Bianca’s arms.

Gabriel rushed over to coax her. “We only have you, Dani. Just let her go.”

Abigail paused on the staircase landing, looking at them with a sneer. She thought, ‘History repeats, and I was forced to take her place behind bars. Back then, Daniella had a depressive episode. This time, she had another breakdown, and she framed me as a mistress. Today she got fired by Halden Group and blacklisted from the industry, and what she did suddenly became all water under the bridge. Not once did I even hear her apology.‘

Abigail slammed her bedroom door shut, muffling the chaos below.

Half an hour later, the house fell silent. Gabriel had gone out, leaving only Stephen and Bianca at home.

“You barely defended Dani earlier,” Bianca chided Stephen while stirring milk for Daniella. “She kept looking at you for help.”

Stephen didn’t glance up from his mobile game, “Abigail has been at Halden Group for a short time. With her background, she’d be lucky to be the manager’s assistant. You really think the company would involve Sebastian over such a junior employee?”

Bianca’s hand stilled. “So you’re saying Dani really…” Her voice trailed off. In her heart, Daniella might have lied before, but she couldn’t possibly be that cruel.

“I didn’t say that.” Stephen’s thumb hovered over his screen.

Ralph had sent him the full video earlier, the one where Abigail calmly debunked the rumors. It had gone viral, with netizens praising her composure. Reading the comments, Stephen found that the public overwhelmingly believed Abigail. Yet yesterday, Daniella had only sent him a clipped version.

He searched everywhere online, but every version was complete. No one else had only the partial clip that Daniella had sent him. He immediately realized that Daniella had edited the video.

Stephen had wanted to stand up for Daniella earlier, but after realizing how she had edited the video to mislead him and deliberately make him doubt Abigail, he just couldn’t bring himself to defend her anymore.

He thought, ‘Why would Daniella lie to me? I always prioritized her and defended her unconditionally. And in return? She manipulated me into attacking Abigail.‘

“Get up early tomorrow and stop Abigail from leaving. This is between the sisters. They just need to talk things through. Your father actually went out this late,” Bianca murmured, heading upstairs with a glass of milk.