“She did. She threatened me.” Sydney bit her lips and sobbed harder. She tried her best to squeeze
out a few more tears and look as if she had been picked on by her stepsister. “Granny, you have no
idea how obnoxious she is! She’s seducing every man in her sight. In fact, she’s throwing herself at
Evan. She thinks that if she gets Evan on her side, she’ll be able to push us around.”
The young w
young woman wiped the crocodile tears off her cheeks as she continued sobbing. Her shoulders
trembled with feigned anguish and misery. “Granny, she’s going toe after our family. She’s going to
want payback. She must hate you for driving her out of the MacMin family.”
“That’s right! She said something to me… Granny, she said…” Sydney trailed off as she bit her lips.
The look on her face was that of hesitation and worry.
The old woman bought the act. She reached out and patted Sydneyfortingly on the back of her
hand. “Don’t worry, my sweet pumpkin. Tell me. Your Granny has your back.”
“She cursed you. She said that she hopes you die and go to hell!” Sydney said viciously as she eyed
the look on her grandmother’s face deliberately.
As soon as she spat out those vicious words, the olddy lost her cool. Thetter tightened her fingers
into angry fists. Her face darkened with fury. You could almost feel the storm clouds gather above her
head and sense the fast approach of a furious thunderstorm. Mdm MacMin’s eyes burned with anger.
The olddy shook with rage. She had fallen for Sydney’s liespletely. “How dare she! I won’t let
her push our family around. Let her try! I’ll stop her even if it kills me!”
She can still remember the voodoo dolls that they had found in the room of Anya’ste mother.
She truly believed that the dolls were imbued with dark magic.
If the curse of Anya’ste mother worked, it meant that the olddy was going to go to hell after she
died. She was going to be barred from entering heaven.
Mdm MacMin was a deeply religious person. She couldn’t bear the thought of being sent to hell.
Yet, here was Anya, following her mother’s footsteps and cursing her grandmother twice.
What a terrible young woman. How could she do that to her own grandmother? How could she repeat
her mother’s sin?
The woman had no morals. Why had she let Anya off that easily?
She should’ve made sure Anya died alongside her vicious mother. They would make goodpany for
each other in hell.
“My precious Sydney, you can stop crying,” the olddy finally said. “Like I said, Granny’s got your
back. As long as I’m around, I won’t let her ruin your happiness.”
“Okay, Granny,” Sydney said. She didn’t try to say anything more. She could see how furious her
grandmother was. Besides, the olddy had agreed to step in and help her.
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The young woman nodded meekly.
“Mom, don’t get upset. Let me help you to your room.” Melissa, who had been observing the exchange
between Sydney and Mdm MacMin, seized the opportunity to disy her concern for the olddy as
she offered to help thetter back to her
room.
She got
got Mdm MacMinfortable before stepping out of the olddy’s bedroom.
Sydney had wiped the false tears off her cheeks and was ring at the television set in the living room.
The gears in her head were turning furiously as she tried to think of how to deal with Anya.
The olddy might have promised to help Sydney, but sess was not guaranteed. She might fail.
Sydney needed a backup n.
“Sydney, were you telling her the truth?” Melissa asked as she made her way towards her daughter
and took a seat on the couch. “Is Anya honestly picking on you?”
“I won’t call it that.” Sydney looked away. “Everything else is true though. She’s spending a lot of time
with Evan. I’m not sure if they’re dating.”
“Mom, you know that I’m in love with Evan. You tried to set Anya up a year ago and ended up doing the
same to Evan. It took me six months to get over that.”
Melissa knew how much her daughter loved Evan. She hadn’t expected things to turn out that way a
year ago. It had been
an ident.
She cupped her daughter’s cheek gently. “Don’t be upset, darling. You have us on your side. We won’t
let Anya get what she wants. She won’t have Evan. If I’d known this would happen, I would’ve made
sure your dear sister ended up getting buried alongside her mother.”
Sydney nodded. “Well, if we can’t kill her, can we at least marry her off to someone else?”
Melissa froze. Marry An
off?
“Marry Anya off? To whom?”
“Anyone will do. She could marry a dead man for all I care. It just can’t be Evan,” Sydney spat out
viciously.
Melissa read Sydney’s mind instantly. Her lips curled into a malicious smile. “Don’t worry, Sydney. I’ll
take care of this.”
“Okay, Mom.”
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