The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 2724

"Oh Rita, you must've heard wrong. I was telling your sister about something else. I didn't call anyone a lunatic at all," Karen quickly responded, trying to appease Rita with a smile while gesturing for Sadie to leave.

However, Sadie could not resist taunting Rita after seeing her in such a disoriented state. "Look at you, acting all crazy. So you can't blame Mom for calling you a lunatic. Isn't it enough that you run yourself silly playing a reporter, but now you're coming home to both my mom? Even though she's a stepmom, she's been more than fair to you! But instead of being grateful, you just keep treating her worse and worse! If I were you, I would've left this house ages ago!"

"What? Why should I be grateful? Wasn't it enough for you two to nearly scare me half to death all those years ago? This is my home. I'm a Russell, which neither of you two are. So stop bossing me around here!" Rita retorted angrily.

Rita realized she had been too easygoing before, which made Karen and Sadie think they could bully her however they pleased. At that moment, having lost her most precious family mementos, it felt as if her heart was bleeding.

"I'm going to let the other things slide for now. Karen, I'm only going to ask you one last time: where is my painting? Don't blame me for what I'm going to do next if you can't find it," Rita demanded.

Karen, also infuriated, crossed her arms. "Is this really the attitude you want to take when talking to me? How dare you address me by my name? Let's see what your father is going to say once he comes back and find out how rude the daughter he's so proud of has turned out! Honestly, the older you are the worse you get. Besides, it's just a worthless painting. So what if I've lost it? It's not worth much anyway. What can you do to me?"

The maids nearby were getting anxious, fearing Karen and Rita were going to start hitting each other. They were unsure whose side to take since Vince, the head of the household, was not around.

"What can I do to you, you say?" Rita repeated Karen's words, and the next moment, she slapped her hard across the face. "Where is my painting? I'm going to keep hitting you until you tell me!"

Sadie screamed and grabbed Rita's hair. "How dare you hit my mom! I'm going to make you regret it!"

This time, Sadie had no choice but to let go of Rita's hair. She stumbled, feeling dizzy from the impact, and tripped over her mother.

"Rita, you b*tch! Always resorting to dirty tricks! I'll show you what I'm capable of—"

Rita had unleashed all her fury earlier. She was panting heavily with tears streaming down her face. The old servants who had taken care of her since she was young looked saddened too, and they stood in front of Rita.

"Miss Sadie, you can't treat Miss Rita like this!"