Chapter 391

Janine sighed helplessly. "Let go and get up." She then turned to Skylar.

"Skye."

"Mom, I was just passing by and thought I'd drop in," Skylar said.

She walked over to the table, poured herself a glass of water, and poured one for Harvey. She asked Harvey, "Why are you home today?"

"I came back to get some things and happened to see this brat shamelessly clinging to Mom," Harvey said angrily. "I figured she was here to put on a show for someone else. Does she think everyone would be foolishly used by her?"

The more he looked at Maisy, the more annoyed he became.

Maisy blushed deeply. "It's not like that."

"Your mother just had a car accident and needs someone to take care of her. Leaving now would be ungrateful. Go back and take care of her," Janine said sternly.

Maisy looked at Skylar and pleaded, "Skylar, you know Mom's temper. She's very upset with me and constantly scolds me. I can't stay there. Can we get along in the future?" She also wanted to take the opportunity to find out about Skylar and Joe's relationship.

Skylar raised an eyebrow and remained silent. Nothing Maisy said could be taken seriously.

"You can't stay because she's upset with you? She raised you for nothing. You are truly selfish. I'm younger than you, and even I know how to be grateful. You're clearly just avoiding responsibility. Don't assume others are as thoughtless as you," Harvey said, rolling his eyes.

He then stepped forward, forcefully dragged Maisy away, and violently pushed her out of the house. With a loud bang, he slammed the door shut. He had wanted to do that earlier; he only held back because of his mother.

Janine sighed. "She's really been spoiled." Some ideas had been deeply ingrained in her from growing up in that kind of family.

Skylar said nothing but showed Janine her phone, displaying the news. Janine rarely used social media and was shocked by the news and photos.

"They are truly inhumane!" Although Sadie wasn't a good woman, she had already suffered enough from the car accident. That was punishment enough. But for her husband and children to be so cold and cruel? Anyone would break under that. It was a wonder she hadn't gone mad already.

After a brief chat with Janine and Harvey, Skylar went downstairs to leave. She received a call from Joe.

"Why aren't you home yet?"

"I stopped by my mom's place. I'm heading back now. Are you home already?" Skylar asked as she walked toward her car. The old neighborhood had no parking spaces, so she had parked far away.

Joe answered, "Yes. Want to go out for dinner?"

Skylar suddenly thought of Natalie's comment about Jeremy being too busy to come home. Joe, as the company head, managed to be home most nights except for occasional business trips.

"Answer me," Joe said after a minute of silence.

Skylar snapped out of her thoughts. "Sorry, I was just thinking about something and spaced out. Let's go out for dinner. What do you want to eat?"

"Barbecue?" Joe suggested.

Skylar knew Joe wasn't a big fan of barbecue. She remembered the restaurant where she and Natalie had coincidentally run into Joe last time.

"Let's go to that restaurant we ran into each other at last time."

"Okay."

As Skylar drove away, Maisy emerged from the shadows. "Restaurant?" She quickly hailed a cab and said, "Follow that car!"