Chapter 396


    “I’m Ms. Lauren, the daughter of Javier Beckett. Why do you listen to Betty but not me? Go, now!*


    Lauren growled.


    The butler scurried off to get her a car with a sullen look.


    The city shimmered with the glow of night lights. In a luxury lounge in ACE, Zoe and a few rich kids in


    Sna City drank alcohol and smoked. She looked more like a female gangster than a youngdy from


    an esteemed family.


    Zoe went to Yoarkley for her studies after graduating junior high. She didn’t have many friends left in


    Sna City,


    Thedies and gents that night were from the same social cli to bully Lauren,


    “How’s Lauren these days? I haven’t seen her since we graduated


    profile for a Beckett?” someone wondered aloud.


    in her junior high ss and herckeys


    Isn’t she keeping an unusually low


    Another gossiped, ‘Hey, I heard from my mom that Lauren’s mentally challenged. That’s why Madam


    Sophia doesn’t parade her around.”


    “Seriously? No wonder she always seemed dumb and slow in junior high. Looks like she’s a retard!” a


    third onemented callously.


    “Hey, hey, that’s rude,” Zoe interjected. She crossed her legs and took a drag. “They call it ‘autism’


    now.”


    “Ha! It’s the same as retarded! Hahaha!”


    Everyone erupted inughter. Zoe snickered gleefully amid the mockingughs.


    The lounge’s door swung open. A waiter led Betty in.


    A hushed silence fell on the crowd, who exchanged confused nces upon Betty Beckett’s arrival.


    “Rx. Just keep going. Betty is one of our own,” Zoe introduced and beckoned at someone. A rich


    guy


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    promptly handed her a crystal ashtray, into which she tapped the cigarette ash.


    Betty couldn’t help but gape at the scene. She thought that Liana was the master of duplicity, but it


    turned.


    out that Zoe was equally adept at wearing different masks.


    She wondered if Landon would be mad after seeing his usually elegant and well-bred sister acting like


    a


    “Eh, Betty, did you not bring Lauren along?” Zoe looked annoyed when she saw Betty alone. “Sigh, it’s


    going to be less fun tonight.”


    “My sister is getting more rebellious as she ages,” Bettyined and sighed. Then, she shed a


    mischievous grin and waved a teddy bear. “But, Zoe, don’t worry about it. She’ll show up if I have this.”


    “Why? Are you going to try some new tricks tonight?” Zoe raised a brow.


    “Haha. Just wait and see.”


    Lauren’s car arrived shortly after Betty entered ACE. The extravagant entrance of the nightclub and the


    tremendous flow of traffic and people triggered Lauren’s social anxiety. Her lips trembled, and her face


    paled.


    She hastily retreated to her car and dialed Betty’s number.


    “What’s wrong, dear sister?” Lauren could discern the malice in Betty’s tone amid a noisy background.


    “G-Give my teddy bear back!” Lauren stammered, her face now flushed with anxiety.


    “You mean that dirty thing? I’ve hidden it.”


    “Where?” Tears welled up in Lauren’s eyes as she panicked.


    “Somewhere in ACE. Tsk, it’s not much of a ‘hide’ if I reveal the location,” Betty grumbled in a sickly


    swe and wicked voice.


    She continued, “My dear sister, I have not yed with you much, Why don’t we y a game tonight?


    Find your teddy bear. It must be feeling quite lonely, abandoned in some forgotten corner. Hahaha!”


    Rage surged in Lauren’s eyes. Betty’s demonicughter made her hair stand on end. Even during


    moments when Betty had belittled and bullied her, Lauren had never experienced such intense hatred.


    With teary eyes, she bit the bullet and dashed into ACE like a rocket.