The Real Daughter Came Back to Chill and Kill novel Chapter 2

Lily's face went pale in an instant. She never thought that a country bumpkin would see through her plan so quickly.

Scarlett had even known exactly where the necklace was hidden.

Shooting a quick glare at the incompetent Janet, Lily then hurriedly bent down to pick up the necklace, putting on an overly tender act.

"It's great that we found it. That's all that matters. Jonah, I told you it wasn't Scarlett. She and I had a scuffle this afternoon, and I accidentally fell into the pool. The necklace must have slipped off then.

"Janet must have found it later but couldn't bring herself to return it, which caused me to wrongfully accuse Scarlett."

Wow. Lily sure had a way with words—she'd immediately spun a new accusation.

Sure enough, Jonah's conflicted expression darkened once again into fury.

"Scarlett, you know Lily can't swim, and you still pushed her into the pool? Do you really hate her so much you'd rather see her dead than alive?"

Todd also fumed, "Even if we did wrongly accuse you, I never imagined you'd do something so vicious!"

Margot shook her head in disappointment. "Scarlett, you've really broken my heart."

Those words would have left Scarlett heartbroken before, but not anymore.

Her lips curled into a mocking smile. "Since you're all so sure I pushed her, then next time I'll make sure I do. Wouldn't want to waste the blame."

Fury washed over Todd, leaving his face ashen. "You heartless brat! How did we end up with a daughter like you?"

"Daughter?" Scarlett shot back with a sneer. "How come you didn't bring up the fact that I'm your daughter when you were wrongly accusing me just now?"

"Scarlett, how could you say something like that?" Lily immediately put on a wounded, innocent look. "You were the one who started—"

"Lily, are you not tired of acting?" Scarlett cut her off coldly. "Your acting's pathetic. Stop putting on a show in front of me. It's an eyesore."

Margot frowned. "Scarlett Quinn, like it or not, we're family. Apologize to your sister, and we'll let this matter go."

"Family?" Scarlett repeated the word, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"A family that throws her a birthday party while making me stay in a storage room? A family that jumps to accuse me even when I've done nothing wrong, and demand I apologize?"

Gazing at these biased, double-standard so-called family members, Scarlett scoffed. Every last bit of longing for their care was already gone from her heart.

She turned and stormed back into her room, slamming the door behind her.

Everyone outside was stunned.

This was the first time since Scarlett's return that she had acted with such defiance, showing the Quinns no regard whatsoever.

"People from the sticks are so crude!"

"She's insane—completely unreasonable!"

One by one, they left with sullen expressions.

Inside, Scarlett finally felt peace in the silence.