Not One, But Two!

Chapter 258

Seeing Emma crying one second but laughing the next made Sasha worried.

"Emma, I know you hate me because of this, but I don't have much choice. Listen to me. Come with me, okay? I'll pamper you in the future and support whatever you want to do, alright?"

Sasha's tone was as gentle as she usually spoke, but it did not sound as such to Emma—she found it as terrifying as poison.

"You're not my mom!"

Sasha was stunned upon hearing Emma's words. "What kind of nonsense is that?"

"My mom wouldn't betray me because of her grudges. My mom wouldn't hide away on her alone when I needed her the most and made me face the crazy world alone! You're not my mother!" Emma cried heartbreakingly.

She was in her twenties. She took her sister's boyfriend away by force, but the man found her worthless and just left her. She took away all her father's love, leaving none for her sister, but her mother betrayed her in the end. Am I such an evil woman that the heavens are punishing me too? That's why Abigail hates me, right?

All of a sudden, Emma felt cold and alone. Their faces were the only similarity between her and the woman before her, but to Emma, Sasha was a monster and not her mother.

Emma's words provoked Sasha and before she knew it, she had already slapped Emma, which she regretted instantly.

"Emma, I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose. I had to hide because someone was looking for me. They wanted to kill me, so I did not have a choice."

Emma was awakened completely by Sasha's slap. Looking at Sasha, her eyes gradually became teary, but she said firmly, "I'm not going to leave with you! My home and family are here, so this is where I'll be!"

"What family do you have here? I am your only family!" Sasha felt that her daughter had changed, and it made her upset. It's only been a couple of days, but why did she change so much?

In response to that, Emma said and emphasized each word, "I have my dad and my sister here. I'm not going anywhere when they're here."

Sasha was taken aback. "What did you say? Are you crazy? You took Abigail's boyfriend away from her five years ago, and even now, you keep finding fault with her! Do you think she will take you as her sister?"

"She will!" Emma raised her voice suddenly.

There was never a moment in Emma's life where she acknowledged Abigail as her sister as much as she did right now.

Emma continued, "When I was at my lowest, she was the one who took me in. When she found out that Jonathan had tarnished my name, she got back at him for doing so without any hesitation, which even cost him his entire family's wealth and status. She was the one who taught me self-care and how to cook as well. She was the one who taught me that I should find ways to solve a problem instead of crying when I'm met with one because tears wouldn't help with the situation. Although she dislikes me, she never left me."

Each and every word of hers hurt Sasha like a knife that was slicing through her heart. "I see how it is now. I'm the one who brought you up, but you've switched to Abigail's side in just a few days. She's indeed something! You're such an idiot! If you trust her blindly, you won't even realize it when she betrays you one day." Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

"I don't care. Even though she might betray me, I still want to be by her side."

Emma's words ultimately hurt Sasha.

Sasha looked at Emma. It seemed that Sasha had made an important decision before saying in a low voice, "If that's the case, our relationship ends here. Even if you were to beg on the streets in the future, I wouldn't care about you anymore. I'll be leaving Harrion tonight. If you regret your choice, come and look for me at Eden Port before 6.00PM. If you don't show up, you won't be my daughter anymore from then onward!"

After saying that, Sasha turned around and left.

Emma looked at Sasha, who was leaving her sight, step by step. She hugged her knees to her chest and cried her heart out like a child who had been abandoned. No! I don't just look like a child who had been abandoned. I am one!

She felt dejected at this moment. She called Abigail, not caring whether Abigail might dislike her.

On the other hand, Abigail was having her lunch. When she noticed that she received a call from Emma, she rejected it as a reflex action. However, Emma kept calling and it made Abigail lose her appetite.

Greg was frowning deeply. "What are you thinking? Why do you keep that idiot by your side? She's just like a giant baby that needs you to help her with everything. If she irritates me again, I'll send her to the red light district."

"Cut that crap." Abigail glared at Greg before she answered Emma's call, albeit unwillingly. "You're not calling because you don't know how to buy sanitary pads, are you?"

Abigail was speechless at first, but she soon heard Emma's sobs. "Abigail, I'm sorry. Can you please forgive me? I shouldn't have snatched your boyfriend from you! I shouldn't have gone against you and fought to be better than you in everything! I was a terrible person. You can scold or beat me, but please don't abandon me, okay? Abigail, I don't have a family anymore. You're the only one I have left. Please don't leave me. I know I am dumb and snobbish and don't know how to do anything. But I promise to learn all those things from today onward. I'll listen to anything you say next time. Please just don't leave me. I'm begging you."

She could tell that Emma was emotionally unstable right now. Although she disliked Emma a little, she never wished for anything terrible to happen to Emma. When she heard what Emma said, she could not help but worry. "What happened?"

Emma did not reply to Abigail and continued to weep with uneven breaths.

Initially, Abigail thought about ignoring Emma for a couple of days. If Emma starved for a day or two, Abigail believed she would learn how to survive independently. However, she did not expect that Emma would break down like this.

If nothing had happened, Emma would not be acting this way.

"Tell me where you are right now."

"Sobs. Sobs." Emma was immersed in her own world as she cried her heart out, which made Abigail frustrated. "I'll throw you into the sea if you keep crying."

Abigail's words worked. In an instant, Emma stopped crying, but she was still hiccuping from all the tears earlier.

Abigail felt that she was creating problems for herself. "Send me your current location. I'll get someone to pick you up, so just stay right where you are."

"Aren't you coming?" Emma asked in an aggrieved voice, but she did not dare to speak too loudly. She looked just like someone had wronged her.

Abigail suppressed the pain in her head. At this moment, she wished she could punch Emma. "I'm busy. Just send me your location now. Don't make me repeat myself for the third time."

Finally, Emma sent her location to Abigail. Abigail almost burst into anger when she saw that Emma was at the grocery store near Allie's Garden.

"Just let her die out there by herself. Why do you care so much?"

When Greg saw that Emma interrupted Abigail from finishing her meal, he disliked Emma even more.

"That's enough. If we don't care about that idiot who can't even take care of herself, she's really going to starve to death." After saying that, Abigail called Addison.

"Go to this place and pick the girl up. Drive her to the location I sent you."

Addison nodded when he saw his new task.

Soon, he brought Emma to Abigail. However, Abigail did not like the sight of Emma's pitiful look. Emma wanted to dash toward Abigail to hug her, but she did not dare to do so at the sight of dislike in Abigail's gaze.

On the contrary, Addison was happy. "Miss Abigail, I've brought her over."

"Okay." Abigail smiled at him when he came in. "You've grown taller. Why are you so handsome now? I wonder which family you belong to."

"Of course, it's yours."

When he saw that she was in a good mood, he talked to her in a casual and joking manner. Plus, he wished to hang out longer with Abigail because of what they spoke about on WhatsApp before this.

However, Greg heard what Addison said and walked over to them with a frown on his face. "Whose family did you say you belong to?"

His jealousy was so apparent that one could sense it from miles away.

Abigail shot Greg a glare and said, "I'm not going to let you off the hook if you scare him off."

He was slightly hurt at the sight of his angry look toward him. "Sweetheart!"

Then again, she turned around and looked at Addison with a grin as she said, "Have you eaten? We have some food here. How about you grab a bite before you leave?"

"Sure." The look of defeat on Greg's face made Addison joyful. There was no reason for him to reject Abigail's invitation.

Emma, on the other hand, was stunned. She had always thought that Abigail was born hostile. When she saw that Abigail treated Addison with so much warmth but treated her in the exact opposite manner when she was Abigail's sister, tears filled her eyes once again from all her emotions.

That made Abigail speechless when she glanced at Emma. "You. Come in with me," Abigail said in her usual tone.

Everyone could hear that she disliked Emma.

Emma could not care about anything else and followed Abigail into her office. In order to not interrupt the others who were practicing, Abigail brought Emma into the resting room and closed the door behind

them.

"Tell me. What happened?"

Abigail's cold voice usually made Emma feel that it was difficult to approach Abigail. But now, Emma suddenly felt aggrieved and started crying again before saying anything.

At the sight of Emma's current look, Abigail was irritated for no reason. "Crying is all you know how to do. If crying would solve problems, why don't all of us just cry our eyes out? Stop it and tell me what happened. If you're going to keep this up, then get out. I don't need a woman who only knows how to cry here!"

Emma forced herself to stop crying upon hearing Abigail's stern tone. However, one could not stop crying just because they wanted to. Hence, Emma's shoulders were trembling due to the suppression.

Abigail was getting a headache from all this again.

When Emma noticed that Abigail was getting impatient, she said in a hurry, "I met my mom earlier."

Abigail was stunned. Sasha? She's indeed something. The Kain Family has been in a crisis for so long, yet Teal still could not find her. It is understandable why she looked for Emma, though.

"Why didn't you leave with her then? Isn't it better to stay by her side instead of mine? Plus, I really don't like you."

That was the truth.

Abigail's words hurt Emma, but when she thought about all the things she did before this, she understood why Abigail would feel that way—but understanding the reason why could not stop her heart from hurting.

It was a terrible feeling to be betrayed by someone closest to her.

Biting down on her lower lip, Emma noted, "My mom worked with Jonathan to crush the Kain family. She even knew what Jonathan would do to me, but she still worked with him regardless. Then, she just watched as Jonathan slandered me in his own ways. That cruel woman is not my mom."

After all, Emma had been pampered since she was born. In the face of such a major change and the sudden betrayal by someone closest to her, she felt that her world had collapsed overnight.