The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2725
“Who do you think you are, blocking my way? Get out of my sight, all of you!"
screamed
Madeline.
Imogen had just managed to scramble to her feet when her daughter bumped
into her, sending her staggering. “Enough! Come help me up. Is my face ruined?”
I
“Oh, Mom, you're bleeding. How am I going to explain this to Dad when he gets
home? You, you uncultured woman, you don’t deserve the family name! What do
you have over me besides your fancy background? You're just a no-good,
daddy's girl without a mother!” Regina, having heard these words, erupted in fury,
and the servants couldn't hold her back. She lunged forward and slapped
Madeline hard across the face, not sparing Imogen either. “That's for insulting
me! That's for your words! You say I was raised without a mother? I'll show you!”
Francis had just arrived home to this chaotic scene with Regina lashing out at
Imogen and Madeline, tears streaming down her face.
He was about to lose his temper when he moved closer and caught the words
from Regina's lips, “You say I was raised without a mother?”
Francis felt a sharp pang in his heart.
“Regina! It's me! I'm back.”
Regina slowly ceased her flailing and turned to see her father. She was no longer
ab contain the hurt and rushed into his arms. “Dad, you're finally back.”
Imogen caught Francis's eye and knew he must have heard those earlier words.
Eve her face throbbing from the slap, she dared not make a scene.
Madeline, on the other hand, was defiant. She stood up, ready to retaliate, but
Regina already in Francis's embrace. As he turned, Madeline's slap landed on
Francis himself a sharp smack.
razy on
“Ah! I'm sorry, Dad, I didn’t mean to hit you. It was just that Regina... she went
crazy Mom and me. I was just so angry..."
“Enough! Both of you, out of my sight. I don’t want to see you right now, nor hear
any excuses!”
“Dad...” Madeline couldn't believe he was scolding her so unfairly.
“She started it! Why aren't you angry at her?”
Imogen wanted to knock some sense into her daughter, to make her see their
situation for
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what it was. Just because she had taken Francis's last name didn’t make her his
daughter.
“Let's go upstairs,” said Imogen.
Madeline's departing figure was as rebellious as ever.
Francis felt Regina soaking his shirt with her tears.
“There, there, Regina, no more tears. What exactly happened? Talk to me, and I
won't let anyone treat you unfairly.”
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After a while, Regina calmed down a bit. “Dad, the painting that used to hang in
the hall is gone. I can’t find it.”
Mentioning the missing painting, which symbolized their family, made Regina's
voice choke up again.
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