Natalee kept shouting next to her, "Mom, why are you so good to this little slut?"
As a young child, Natalee spent her early years with her grandmother in the countryside until she turned fourteen, due to Silas and Rhianna's hectic schedules. Feeling a sense of remorse for the time she missed with her daughter, Rhianna overindulged and pampered Natalee even further.
"Shut up!" Before Rhianna could speak, Silas reprimanded Natalee.
2.
Rhianna cast a fleeting glance at Natalee before turning to me with a gentle tone, "Ella has recently lost her mother, so it's only natural for us to lend her a little extra care. And speaking of which, Ella and you share the same birthday; it's truly a remarkable coincidence."
I looked up and happened to meet Rhianna's eyes.
Her eyes appeared to be brimming with concern on the surface, yet beneath them lay a subtle undercurrent of provocation.
My memory was instantly pulled back to a few days ago.
It was just dawn, and there was a piercing scream outside the house, "Someone died, someone jumped off the building!'
I opened my sleepy eyes and found that my mother was not beside me. I immediately woke up and felt a sense of alarm. I stumbled out to open the door.