Chapter 470 Everything Exposed
Natalie glared at Piper with icy disdain. "You willingly let Ethan deceive you; you have only yourself to blame," she said, her voice dripping with contempt. "My dad won't pay any attention to you, so stop dreaming about getting back together. It's absolutely impossible. I won't deal with someone like you either. If you have any issues, go find Brenda."
With a final, dismissive glance, Natalie turned on her heel and slammed the door shut.
Piper couldn't hold back and started cursing at the door. Natalie, that ungrateful daughter, was really driving her mad. Brenda was indeed more filial.
Just then, the police arrived and took Piper away. At first, she was confused and resisted leaving. But when the police told her what she was accused of, Piper panicked. She denied it, but was still taken away.
The neighbors were all talking, and many reporters showed up. Although Natalie had left the entertainment industry, she was once a well-known celebrity. Especially since this matter involved Elizabeth. That was definitely big news. Soon, the headline about Piper trafficking Elizabeth blew up. The special department also took the opportunity to reveal Ethan's crimes.
People were shocked, unable to fathom that Ethan had committed such atrocious acts. It was horrifying. He was truly cunning, managing to place his women and children into wealthy families. To achieve his goals, he even went so far as to traffic Elizabeth. It was utterly insane.
Ethan and Piper faced severe backlash from netizens, and Brenda was also caught in the crossfire and criticized harshly. Due to Natalie's attitude and her evident innocence, she received minimal criticism. Instead, many people sympathized with her for having such a troubled family.
Then someone uncovered that Paul and Betty's divorce was also due to Brenda. Quickly, Brenda became the most reviled person on the internet.
Naturally, Brenda saw the headlines and the scathing comments directed at her. She also received a tearful call from Piper, who pleaded with her to visit and help hire a lawyer.
Despite everything, Brenda still had feelings for Piper. She disguised herself and secretly went to see Piper, unaware that reporters had been staking out near her home. They followed her and exposed her secret visit and her efforts to hire a lawyer for Piper.
This revelation made Brenda the primary target of public scorn. Meanwhile, Betty had been bedridden for days due to the emotional toll of the divorce. She had turned off her phone to avoid calls and messages from relatives and friends, leaving her unaware of the online uproar.
When Brenda returned, she was initially worried that Betty would find out. Knowing that Betty had been sleeping with her phone off, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Recently, she had been humbly pleasing Betty, so Betty hadn't asked her to leave.
Hiring a lawyer for Piper cost a lot, and Brenda also wanted to get more money from Betty. So she came up with a plan. She pretended to be unwell and went to the hospital for a check-up. She even forged a hospital report claiming she had a terminal illness, then returned home looking tearful and haggard. Then Brenda let Betty accidentally discover the report.
Betty had already disliked Brenda and was planning to find a time to ask her to move out. After all, Brenda was the main reason for her divorce, and she didn't know how she could face Brenda every day.
However, upon seeing the report, Betty couldn't help but soften. She had genuinely cared for Brenda for over a decade, investing more time, effort, and affection in her than in her other children. So, despite her current grievances against Brenda, discovering that Brenda had a terminal illness made her feel a pang of sympathy. Especially seeing Brenda looking like she had aged twenty years. She believed Brenda's terminal illness and felt even worse. She abandoned the idea of kicking Brenda out, deciding to let her live out her remaining days peacefully.
Betty didn't know that Brenda's aging was a result of the backlash from being cursed online and losing Generational Blessings. This time, neither Ethan nor Samuel could help her, so Brenda kept aging.
As a result, Betty's attitude toward Brenda softened, and she even comforted her. In Brenda's pitiful sobbing, Betty was further swayed and handed Brenda a bank card with several million dollars on it. She told Brenda to use it for her treatment.
However, in Betty's mind, spending money on Brenda's treatment was fine, but she wouldn't give her anything extra. No matter how much Brenda coaxed, Betty's assets were off-limits. She was definitely cautious about Brenda.
Brenda, of course, expressed her gratitude profusely. After getting the bank card, she pretended to accidentally break Betty's phone. She said she would buy Betty a new phone but deliberately delayed it.
Betty didn't ask about it since she didn't want to use her phone recently.
Brenda tasted success with Betty. Unable to bear the backlash from losing Generational Blessings and aging, Brenda even started a live stream pretending to have a terminal illness, saying she wanted to spend her remaining days making amends for Ethan, trying to improve her reputation among netizens. Her intense crying did garner some sympathy.
Elizabeth naturally knew Brenda was faking her terminal illness. After Brenda spent most of Betty's money on cleaning up after Piper and her uncle, Elizabeth exposed Brenda's actions, including photos of her meeting Piper secretly over the years and videos of her badmouthing Betty after leaving her room, to several gossip accounts.
Recently, Brenda had been a hot topic, and the gossip accounts couldn't wait to expose everything. A few days later, Brenda was back in the headlines.
Elizabeth realized Betty hadn't kicked Brenda out, guessing Betty was still unaware of the online events. So she had someone "accidentally" inform one of Betty's loyal servants about the online exposure.
This servant, being older, didn't usually check headlines or entertainment news and was hearing about it for the first time. She didn't even finish her grocery shopping and rushed back.
That morning, Brenda had received a call from her uncle's family and had gone out to meet them. Of course, she made an excuse, saying she was going out for treatment, so Betty didn't think much of it.
At that moment, only Betty was lying in bed, lost in thought. The servant hurriedly pushed the door open, and Betty, knowing the servant was usually composed, asked, "Did something happen?"
The servant didn't hold back, "Ms. Clark has gone too far. She doesn't have a terminal illness; she's just trying to scam you for money. And while she acts filial to you, she badmouths you behind your back. I heard all this has been posted online." She didn't know how to check, but this was what the neighbors had told her.
Betty was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sat up. She demanded, "Give me your phone, let me see."
The servant immediately handed over her phone. Betty opened the headlines and saw the top three were all about Brenda.
#Brenda Meets Her Uncle's Family, #Brenda Faked a Terminal Illness to Scam Money and Sympathy, #Brenda Hired a Lawyer for Human Trafficker Piper to Try to Get Her Off.
Betty clicked on the first one, which was a reporter's live stream. The reporter was secretly streaming Brenda, who supposedly had a "terminal illness," laughing and eating with her uncle's family. Brenda had put on elaborate makeup for the outing, looking nothing like the haggard, pitiful figure she presented in her live streams and to Betty. She didn't look like someone with a terminal illness at all, and her appetite was great.
Betty's face turned pale, and she clicked on the other headlines. She saw Brenda supporting her in one moment, acting like a dutiful daughter, and then badmouthing her as stingy and mean the next moment after leaving the room.
There was also evidence dug up by reporters showing Brenda had been secretly giving money to Piper and her family over the years, amounting to a significant sum.
Betty finally clicked on a piece of breaking news. She saw photos revealing that Brenda had secretly been meeting with Piper behind their backs for over a decade. In the photos, the two appeared extremely close, looking very much like a loving mother and daughter.
Betty couldn't hold back, spat out blood in anger, and fainted. The servant was startled, called an ambulance, and then called Paul to inform him of the situation.
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