Chapter 1249

I hadn't even had the chance to check what the trending topic was about. "Dad, stop it! Nance is not a jinx! She's amazing—our family's pride and my role model!" Cindy interrupted again, her voice urgent. It sounded like she had grabbed Gilbert's phone and was rushing to speak to me. "Nance, don't listen to him. He's just upset and saying things he doesn't mean. But… Nance, it wasn't you who leaked that stuff online, right? "I'm guessing it was Mr. Fernandez trying to protect you. Could you maybe ask him to stop?" "Oh." I let out a laugh. It was the same old trick—one played the bad cop, the other played the good cop. This was all to make me back down and stop dragging her into this mess. But wasn't I the one who had suffered the most? If Bruce hadn't thrown me under the bus to please her, we wouldn't have had to fight back, and Jonah wouldn't have exposed her, either. "Nance, I know we've had misunderstandings. I won't deny that I used to hate you. But we're family—we shouldn't