Chapter 34 We Have Let You Down

Kendra took a sip of tea before setting her teacup back in its saucer with a soft clink. "Mom keeps harping on about you every day. If not for Luther's phone call, you'd probably never have set foot in this house again, right?" Damian Strudwick turned a page on the newspaper he was reading next to her with an irritated rustle. Cressida said nothing. She simply swapped to indoor slippers before walking over to stand in front of them. In the past, she would've merely bowed her head meekly, but she no longer wanted to tolerate them now. "Damian, Kendra, if you truly treated me as your daughter-in-law, then of course I'd come back often." She spoke softly, but it was enough to make Kendra freeze. The entire living room went quiet at her words. Damian and Kendra exchanged a glance, both looking rather startled. Was this still the same Cressida who was too afraid to even speak loudly in their presence? "What kind of attitude is that?" Kendra asked shrilly. "Is this how you speak to y