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By now, Damian was already holding his daughter, soothing her softly.
Audrey said from the side, “Darla wanted a cupcake from the table, but Ms. Hogan wouldn’t give it to her, so Darla started crying.
“Dami, don’t be upset. I don’t think Ms. Hogan would really refuse to let a child have a cupcake.
Maybe it’s because of me that she took it out on the child.”
Bridgette happened to overhear this as she walked over.
From the moment she saw this ‘Ms. Lavigne,’ she had taken a dislike to her.
They had been divorced for five years, and now she showed up, putting on airs in front of her daughter and sowing discord in front of Damian.
“Dami!”
Bridgette spoke up, her face cold.
“Ms. Lavigne said she was your friend, so I let her in, but there are some things I need to make clear to you. I can’t let Claudy be wronged!
Darla came all the way from Bronzevale to Reedport with Ms. Lavigne late at night, didn’t get any rest, didn’t eat, and is still wearing such thick clothes.
“I was just about to take her to wash up, eat something, and get some proper rest.
It was Ms. Lavigne who wouldn’t allow it.”
Hearing Bridgette say this, Audrey interjected.
“That’s not true! !…”
“Be quiet!”
Bridgette, rarely so stern, became serious.
“The elders are still speaking-how dare you interrupt!”
With that one sentence, Audrey fell silent, looking at Damian with grievance.
Unfortunately, Damian was busy soothing his daughter and didn’t notice her feelings at all.
Bridgette continued
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“Ms. Lavigne just said Claudy wouldn’t let Darla cat, so Darla cried. Damian, I want you to tell me honestly-when has my Claudy ever mistreated your daughter!”
As Bridgette spoke, her emotions grew a bit agitated.
She could tell at a glance that Audrey was no pushover; with just a few words, she had painted Claudine as a wicked stepmother.
Claudine’s temperament was like hers-she didn’t like to argue with others.
But she couldn’t just stand by and watch her own daughter be bullied!
Holding his daughter, Damian spoke sincerely to Bridgette.
“Mom, don’t worry. I know what kind of person Claudy is. I would never think that way.”
Seeing Damian’s reasonable attitude, Bridgette’s emotions calmed a little.
At that moment, a servant came over carrying a tray.
“Ms. Hogan, the chicken soup you asked me to make is ready. Would you like to have it in the garden or in the dining room?”
Claudine said, “Leave it in the garden.”
She walked over to Darlene, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the tears from Darlene’s face.
“Darla, it’s not that I won’t let you have a cupcake, but if you eat it on an empty stomach, your tummy will hurt.
Have some soup first, then you can have a cupcake.”
After saying this, Claudine asked the servant to take Darlene to wash her hands.
From the moment he entered, Damian had been paying attention to Claudine.
But this woman, from beginning to end, hadn’t given him a single glance.
She hadn’t even refuted anything Audrey said.
Did she really not care what he thought of her…
After speaking to Darlene, Claudine turned to leave.
But Damian instinctively grabbed her wrist.
“Claudine!”
He called out to her.
Claudine glanced at her wrist, which was being held, and frowned slightly
Damian let go
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He simply said, “Thank you for taking care of Darla.”
Claudine said nothing.
She turned and went straight back into the house.
Bridgette saw everything.
She had a lot of opinions about Audrey, but thankfully Damian still seemed to have his priorities straight.
“Dami! You’ve always been a sensible child. I won’t say much more. I’ll go talk to Claudy, and you…”
She glanced at Audrey beside her and said only one thing.
“You should settle your past matters once and for all.”
Damian was always very respectful toward Bridgette.
“Understood, Mom. Don’t worry.”
Bridgette nodded in satisfaction and went inside.
“Dami…”
Audrey stepped forward and tugged at Damian’s sleeve.
“Let me see your arm.”
Damian avoided her with a cold expression.
“I’m fine.”
He walked over to his daughter, picked Darlene up, and began to feed her with a bowl and spoon.
Audrey kept nervously watching Damian, and when she saw his expression grow more and more serious, she spoke
“Darla still likes you best as her father. Look how happily she’s eating when you feed her.
“She never eats well at my place. I guess Darla just missed her dad.”
Damian didn’t respond.
Feeling the sharpness of his daughter’s bones and seeing her messy hair, Damian’s frown deepened.
In the months Darlene had been with Audrey, she had really lost a lot of weight, and her hospital visits had become more frequent than before.
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