Chapter 490:
Mother looked down at the price tag on her clothes and said, “Oh, it’s too expensive, isn’t it?”
“The things you bought are too expensive. And this gold necklace… You can’t spend money like this in the future,” mother warned.
“Got it,” I replied.
I nodded. At that moment, Betty pursed her lips and said, “Mom, my older sister is more capable than me, and she found a successful lawyer like Wharton. Hank is just a professor. Although he’s well-paid, he has a fixed salary. We don’t have that much money to make you happy!”
Betty’s words were full of sarcasm. How could she say something like that in front of mother?
Mother quickly took off her fur coat and comforted Betty.
“Betty, your words today will hurt your sister!”
Betty grabbed mother’s sleeve and said coquettishly, “Mom, I didn’t mean it. I just feel so useless. I can’t compare to her in any way!”
“In my eyes, you are just as good as your sister,” mother said, reaching out to hold Betty.
Seeing Betty acting like a spoiled child in mother’s arms, I felt as if I had returned to the past. But now, the sight of this little girl who still clung to mother and acted spoiled felt much more complicated. Suddenly, I realized how scary Betty had become. Beneath her delicate appearance, she still carried a vicious heart.
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I was about to leave, but mother stopped me. She said that she had already ordered food from a nearby restaurant, and the whole family would have dinner together tonight. I couldn’t refuse her invitation any longer.
In the evening, someone delivered the food, and mother went out to greet them. Only Betty and I were left in the room. I felt bored and followed mother.
“Sister!”
At that moment, I heard someone behind me call out. Hearing Betty call me “sister,” I felt a wave of nervousness.
“Even if you give a gift to our mother, do you have to compete with me on purpose?” Betty said arrogantly.
“I’ve never thought of comparing myself to you. But why didn’t you inform me about your New Year’s gift? How would I know that you’d be here today to give a gift to mother?” I replied.
My words were useless. Betty continued angrily, “Yesterday, I called Mom and told her that I’d be coming with Hank today. Mom said we’d have a reunion dinner together. How could you not know? You did it on purpose.”
“Mom didn’t call me for the past two days!” I explained.
Betty didn’t believe me. Instead, she said, “You just want me to make a fool of myself. It’s the New Year, and not only did you buy a fur coat, but you also bought expensive gifts. You deliberately showed off to me that you found a rich man, didn’t you?”
Hearing these words, I looked at Betty in shock.
I really hadn’t done this on purpose. What was going through Betty’s mind now? No matter what I did, I was in the wrong. Everything I did seemed to go against her. At this moment, I felt a coldness in my heart. Betty was no longer my sister. I was so disappointed in her.
