Chapter 101
Chapter 101
Now, the woman who had abandoned Maxine was
standing right in front of her, bold as brass, with her new kid in tow
Maxine took a deep breath, doing her best not to lose her cool in front of everyone.
At the mention of “Urban,” everyone nearby turned to look. The influencer livestreaming next to them perked up and bravely asked Mona, “Madam, what did you say your daughter does again?”
Mona immediately lit up. “Of course, she’s the hotshot lawyer representing the big boss, Urban Soto. She’s incredible!”
As she spoke, she tugged at the little boy beside her. “Come on. Your sister’s a big–time lawyer now. Didn’t you just say you were hungry? Be sweet to your sister. Maybe she’ll buy you something tasty if she’s in a good mood.”
The chubby boy’s face lit up, his eyes, which were so much like “Sis! Buy me something yummy!”
M
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locked right onto Maxine. He let go of Mona’s hand and grabbed Maxine’s sleeve.
The streamer excitedly raised his phone and pointed it at Maxine. “Since you’re Mr. Soto’s lawyer, can you give us any inside scoop?”
Maxine shot him a cold look. “Filming me without my permission? You want to try your luck in court?”
He glanced at the courthouse behind her. The rush of chasing clout finally wore off, and he quickly lowered his phone.
He looked down at the barrage of comments on his screen. Seeing people already calling Maxine rude and thinking about his stream’s numbers, he raised his voice again. “Hey, the public just wants to know what’s going on! What’s with your attitude?”
Maxine ignored him, pulled her sleeve free from the boy’s grip, and sneered at Mona. “Since you already see that I’m doing so well, just go. Don’t stand here prétending to care. Save your crocodile tears.”
She walked over to the curb and flagged down a passing taxi.
The boy glanced at Mona, caught her signal, and immediately plopped down on the ground, wailing, “Mom! Sis is so mean! Is she really leaving us behind?”
Mona scooped him up, her face full of forced concern and eyes rimmed red, shouting at Maxine, “I’m still your mother! Yes, I left back then, but I only wanted to go out and work, make money so you could go to school. When I finally came back, they told me you’d already gotten into college and left!”
Maxine almost burst out laughing at her act.
After her dad died, she scraped by on odd jobs just to make it through the SAT. She only left home after getting her acceptance letter. If Mona had really wanted to find her, it wouldn’t have been impossible.
Maxine thought, ‘She’d just remarried after leaving all those years ago, vanished for ages, and now suddenly pops up again–pretending nothing happened? What a joke.‘
Maxine’s eyes darkened. She knew exactly what Mona was like. There was no way she had found her just by asking their relatives. She hadn’t told a soul about getting into Ashwood University.
The influencer, who’d been standing by and watching the drama, suddenly raised his voice for the livestream, trying to look righteous.
He called out Maxine, “Is this how a lawyer should behave? No matter what she’s done, she’s still your mom, and that boy is your brother! How can you just leave a mother and her kid out here like this?”
Maxine let out a mocking laugh. “Is that so? If you’re so compassionate, why don’t you take them home and look after them yourself? She’s not my mother. My parents are both dead.”
With that, she opened the car door and told the driver to drive, leaving everyone staring.
Chapter 102
