Chapter 11 Fake

• All my efforts, wasted on these blind fools who defend outsiders instead of their own, Charmaine thought bitterly.
• Willard's face was grim. Though he had never once fulfilled his duties as a father, his tone now carried a commanding arrogance as he scolded, "Charmaine, we know we owe you from the past, but that doesn't mean we'll indulge your constant misbehavior."
• Charmaine sneered, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she retorted, "Oh, so you admit you owe me? And bringing me back to the Nelsons is your idea of compensation? And I'm supposed to be grateful for that? The great Nelson family sure knows how to bestow generosity!"