Chapter 495 Toxic Family

• “Does a lady of her stature need to be polite to someone as insignificant as me? I know you adore Tabitha. To you, she outshines me by hundreds, thousands of times. You love her even more than your own daughter. But mom, do you really need to isolate me as if I'm a contagion? You never tell me whenever she returns. For the past few years, I've been telling you that I want to see her, but you've been keeping it from me all this while. What harm could possibly come from me just seeing her? Is she so superior, and I so inferior, that I'm not even worthy of meeting her?”
• At the corner of the staircase, Isabella was listening with rapt attention. She had always found this housekeeper quite peculiar, and now she understood why. The woman clearly favored the daughter of the house, treating her like a little princess, while showing such disdain for her own daughter. In a way, it seemed to be a form of vanity.
• Unable to resist, Isabella leaned over to take a look.