The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 277: Chapter 276: I Give You Two Choices, What More Do You Want_1

He now regretted his earlier decisions and wished time could flow backwards, giving him one more chance. He definitely wouldn’t have mentioned that Nathalie was adopted!

What difference did it make if there was one more person to feed at home? Their family wasn’t short of a pair of chopsticks. But now, their rice bowl was in danger of being smashed!

After Emilia Sullivan finished her outburst, she demanded he come up with a solution. Jeff Quinlan, frustrated beyond measure, grabbed his head, incapable of thinking of any useful idea.

Thankfully, Cindy Lawrence was still there, holding a cane in her hand. Returning from Waterfront Pavilion with a sour look on her face, she saw her home in complete disarray and turned to ask her friend, ”Is there really no way to deal with Ghania’s situation?”

Adelia Tucker had also arrived at the Quinlan family home. She was now sitting at the head of the table, ceaselessly twirling her Buddhist beads, her expression long and vacant.

When Cindy Lawrence questioned her, Adelia’s eyelids twitched. Lifting her chilly gaze sharply, she glanced at Ghania Quinlan, who was weeping piteously, ”You stole someone else’s music and deliberately pushed their child down the stairs. They’ve given you two options to choose from, what more do you want?”

She had seen the video. If that video hadn’t been accidentally captured by a bystander’s lens, but had been shot by hospital surveillance, that Nathalie would likely have given the video to the police a long time ago.

They were only presented with two options because the source of the video was unclear, so it couldn’t be used as evidence.

But even so, with that video in hand and the backing of the influential Yancey family, how could it matter if the evidence was insufficient? They still had to choose one of the two paths set before them!

Ghania had never been spoken to in such a tone before. Her pretty face turned from red to white in distress, filled with shame and humiliation, but she couldn’t find a single word to rebut.

She quickly weighed the pros and cons and, with great humiliation, apologized to Adelia, ”I’m sorry, Grandma Tucker. I... I didn’t expect things to get this out of hand...”

In the past, when she took something of Nathalie’s, Nathalie never made a fuss about it, let alone asked for it back.

Ghania thought the same would be true for the piece of music.

But this time, Nathalie had taken issue.

And she did so publicly, exposing that the composition wasn’t hers. Worse yet, the piece wasn’t even for the piano... Ghania had no chance to defend herself.

As for that child, she hadn’t intended to push him down intentionally. It was just that the child was too defiant, and in a moment of anger, she had lashed out unintentionally, causing the fall. She had regretted it immediately and tried to grab hold of him, but missed, injuring her own knee in the process, which led her to curse in anger.

To this day, Ghania still felt wronged in her heart.

She hadn’t said anything incorrect; that child was indeed lame, looking so beautiful but walking with a pronounced limp in the left leg, certainly not like a normal person.

”I can apologize...” She took a deep breath, clearly not wanting to apologize, but she was a practical person. If it came down to it and an apology was the only way to secure her spot at National Artists University, she would be willing to apologize to Nathalie and that child.

Seeing her in such a humiliated state, Emilia Sullivan felt an indescribable pain in her heart, and was about to speak.

But then she heard Adelia Tucker let out a cold laugh, mercilessly saying, ”Surely you don’t think that apologies would mean anything at this point?”

Cindy Lawrence felt a sudden sense of alarm and asked with furrowed brows and a solemn face, ”Although the Zachmann family is powerful, the Tucker family isn’t to be underestimated either. They wouldn’t hold a grudge over a minor spat involving children, would they? Haven’t they already revoked Ghania’s award qualifications?”

Just this incident alone was enough to prevent Ghania from ever entering McKinney’s elite circles. What more could those people want?