“Yes.” Jenny Sawyer ground her teeth in resentment, “It was Simon Parker.”
The realisation felt like a bomb had exploded in Eve’s mind. She flopped down to the ground.
Her mother was Simon Parker’s mistress? Eve was dumbstruck.
But her shock soon turned to joy as she murmured, “Simon Parker is my father, that means I’m one of them! If I return to the Parker family, I can get whatever I like!”
Crack!
Yet another heavy slap came raining down on Eve.
“Don’t talk nonsense!” her mother yelled.
“I know Simon Parker didn’t accept you, but I am his daughter. He has to accept me. I’ll try every means to get back into that family, and there’s nothing you can do about it!” Eve stood up and stared her mother in the face.
Leaving her words to linger, Eve picked up her bag and rushed out without
