Chapter 157 Angie’s Pain
“That’s right, Mom!” Angie pitifully looked at Crystal. “Let’s dine together. After all, it’s just one dinner. I believe Maddie should be able to understand it, shouldn’t she? You wouldn’t mind, would you, Maddie?” She turned her attention to Madeline, her eyes filled with sympathy as her skinny stature and pale face made her look even more pitiful.
Madeline smiled and was about to say something, but Crystal beat her to it and replied, “What are you trying to say?!” Crystal’s expression changed as an angry look showed on her face. “Are you implying that Maddie isn’t understanding at all if we don’t dine with you? Is that what you’re trying to say?!”
In the face of Crystal’s sudden harsh attitude, Angie was so frightened as she was shaking from head to toe. Then, she was seen shaking her head rapidly in denial. “No! No, Mom! That’s not what I meant…”
“I’ve already told you—I’m not your mother, so stop calling me ‘Mom’ from now on! Are you too dumb to understand my words?!” Finding it hard to tolerate Angie’s scheming attitude when she spoke with Madeline, Crystal flipped out and lost her temper. “Angie Colt! I’m going to warn you one last time! Your father is Xander Colt, and your mother is Cameron Taylor, so you’re not my daughter! If you ever call me Mom again, I’m going to get someone to rip your mouth off!”
Upon hearing what Crystal said, Angie could only look at the former in horror, her lips shivering and puckering in a trance. After all, she couldn’t believe Crystal would threaten to rip her mouth off if she ever called her ‘Mom’ again. How could she do this to me?! I’m her daughter whom she has raised for twenty years, so how could she just throw all those moments away just because I’m not her daughter by blood?
How can she be so cold-blooded? At that moment, Angie puckered her lips and was about to call Crystal ‘Mom’ again. She wanted to argue with her, but she eventually swallowed the words that were forming at the tip of her tongue. Deep down, she was worried that Crystal would do as she said by telling her bodyguard to slap her in the face. If that happened, it would sever her ties with the Wendel Family.
At the same time, Amelia could tell that Crystal no longer cared for Angie, whom she thought was going to suffer in the Colt Family for the rest of her days. Soon, she became too timid to look at Crystal again as she turned her attention to Michael with a pair tearful eyes. “Dad…”
“Don’t you ever call me ‘Dad’ again. Maddie is the only daughter I have.” Michael calmly looked at her and added, “Angie, you’re not my daughter and Crystal’s. We’ve been kind enough to have raised you until your twenties. If you’d like to repay us for that, I urge you to stay away from us from now on because we don’t want to see you again.” Ever since the matter in which Angie had set Nicholas up, Michael finally learned his lesson.
Although he and Crystal might have raised Angie, he was still disheartened by the fact that she had inherited too many of Cameron’s negative traits. I guess Cameron has a pretty strong gene; she even passed it down to Angie. That’s why Angie is selfish and shameless like her mother. At one point, Michael was even ashamed of having a daughter like Angie, so now that he was faced with a chance to cut ties with Angie, he seized it and hoped the Wendel Family would have nothing to do with that lady ever again. Farewell, Angie!
“No… No…” Angie shook her head while shedding her tears. “You…” She then tried her best to keep herself together and looked at Amelia. “Miss Amelia, I would like to have a word in private with…” At the thought of Crystal’s warning, she didn’t mention the words ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ in front of Michael and Crystal.
Meanwhile, Amelia, whose hope was about to be killed, desperately wished for Angie to change Michael and Crystal’s mind in order to reconcile with them. Deep down, she told herself that she would stay away from Angie as long as she could fix her relationship with Michael and Crystal. “Alright, alright!” She smiled and said, “Please just carry on. I’ll go somewhere nearby to get a little something.” The lady then took her bodyguards with her and left Angie on the spot.
When Amelia was far enough, Angie walked up to Michael and Crystal with her head down, sobbing. “Please, I’m begging you both! I’m suffering every single day at the Colt Residence. The Colt Family fears you, and only you both can make sure I live a happy life in the Colt Residence. If they ever find out you guys are cutting ties with me, they are going to do anything they want to me to make me suffer. Please! You have no idea how scary my stepmother can be!”
Then, Angie looked up and shifted her gaze to Michael, tearfully begging the man as she said, “I may not be your biological daughter, but I was like one to you for the past twenty years. Think about the loving moments we once shared; are they all fake to you too? I loved you with my heart, and even now, you guys are still like my mom and dad to me.
No one can ever replace you both in my heart, so I swear I’m going to do my best to repay your kindness even if it’s going to cost my life. I will repay my debt as your child, I promise. For now, I’m not asking you both to take me home or treat me as your daughter. I just want you to treat me better so that I get to live a happy life in the Colt Residence. Please, I’m begging you!”
“No!” Crystal rejected Angie without a second of hesitation. “You’re not our daughter in the first place. Back in those days, we were dumb and silly for raising you, so we will not repeat our mistakes. Therefore, your fate has nothing to do with us from now on!”
“Are you guys really going to do this to me?!” Angie groped her own chest in pain, her face turning as pale as a white sheet. “No matter how you deny it, you both have been my parents for as long as I’ve been your daughter in the past two decades. After all these years that we’ve spent together, you want to disappear from my life and tell me to move on without you all. You’re not so cold-blooded, are you?”
“We’re not bold-blooded,” Crystal answered. “If we were cold-blooded, we’d be sure to retaliate and let you have a taste of what Maddie went through back then. The fact that we’re not cold-blooded enough is the reason why you’re not living in hell now. Instead of making you feel Maddie’s pain, all we have done is cut ties with you, so consider that a sign of mercy from us!”
“No… you can’t do this to me…” Angie sobbed and shook her head. “I can’t make a living by myself because you guys spoiled me when I was a child, yet you’re going to abandon me now like I’m some disposable trash. That’s nothing different from killing me. Do you guys seriously want to see me dead?!”
“Nobody wants you dead!” Madeline, who had been quiet all the while, finally broke the silence. “Have you forgotten about what you did, Angie? You once met a man who wanted to give you a comfortable life, but you chose to plot against him. Otherwise, you would have been the Wendel Family’s young lady a long time ago.
For that, you only have yourself to blame for the misery you put yourself in, Angie! Stop blaming others for your pathetic state! Even if you die here the next second, you’d be solely responsible for your own death; no one should take responsibility and feel guilty for your death. Therefore, you can forget about threatening anyone by taking your own life because no one else cares!”
