Chapter 45

Anita had already made a scene. There was no turning back now. She might as well make everyone go down in flames together—no one was walking out of this winning. Abigail remained unshaken. "I still remember what happened a few days ago, Mrs. Newman. I gave you the chance, but you threw it away. You can't blame anyone for that." She faced the crowd. "It seems that you, your husband, and your precious daughter want me to remind everyone how you tried to squeeze money and a shop out of me. "Well, I have no problem explaining every detail to everyone here. Let everyone here decide for themselves what kind of family you are." The second she said that, the onlookers exploded into conversation. "Money? A shop? From the Parkers? What kind of drama did we walk into today? The Newman family was well off, yet they still went after a tiny shop?" "Ha! I've been saying for years that they were shameless. Nobody believed me. Now, it's out in the open." "Do you really think we wanted to asso