The Princess and the Paupers Novel Full Episode novel Chapter 1380

Chapter 1380

Serena hung her head low, "It's all my fault. I promise I'll change."

"Serena, I've watched you grow up, and I know you're a good kid at heart," Eunice said, looking at the girl before her and offering quidance. "I won't bore you with a sermon, but now that Bella has come back to this family, I hope you two can live in harmony. Be polite when you speak to her. She is your elder sister after all."

Serena nodded, “I understand. I'll try."

“There's another thing I need to criticize you for” Eunice continued.

Serena, who had just started to relax, tensed up once more.

“I saw you, dragging your grandpa out for a walk and having the staff take pictures. If I'm not mistaken, you started running with him to make the pictures look better, didn't you?"

Fear flashed across Serena's face. "Aunt Eunice, please, let me explain. I know it was wrong. I just wanted to take more photos with grandpa as keepsakes."

“Your grandpa just had surgery. Bella just saved his life, and here you are, playing around. What if something dangerous had happened? It wouldn't just be on you. How would your uncle and I explain this to the rest of the farnily? After all, he fell while he was in our care."

Eunice was known for her straightforwardness. ‘I know kids your age love to post on Facebook, but you can't disregard your grandpa's health for some online likes. It was so cold, even from a distance, I could see him hunched over from the chill."

In truth, Serena had also noticed her grandpa shivering from the cold, but she had hoped he could endure a little longer for the sake of the pictures, even though she herself was shivering.

“Also, about the birthday party last night, I didn't take you because it was a setup, a trap. You have no idea what Bella and I went through. It's not something you could have handled"

Upon hearing this, Serena suddenly felt there was more to last night's party than she had known. Why did her aunt think she couldn't handle it, yet Arabella could?

Was it her dragging Darren out for a walk in sub-zero weather just for a Facebook photo? Was it her causing both of them to fall and then instructing the staff to keep quiet about it? Was it her disrespect towards Arabella, the underhanded tactics?

Bard suddenly felt as if his niece had become a stranger.

Was it because they hadn't been in touch for so long, or was this who she truly was deep down?

"We'll have to keep a closer watch," Eunice said. “Even though we're just her aunt and uncle and shouldn't interfere too much, if Serena refuses to mend her ways, her presence is not good for Bella. It might be better to set her up in her own place. She's eighteen now, an adult."

Bard nodded, seeing the sense in his wife's words.

Kenneth and Louisa had cherished Serena like their own daughter for eighteen years, and the love and effort they had invested was not something that could be easily dismissed with a few words.