I Forgot I Ever Loved You (Zoe and Hayden) novel Chapter 124

"I'll never give them to you! You're just as vile as Sienna's mother—both of you are wicked hags! If you want the Lynd family shares, you can keep dreaming! As long as I'm breathing, everything I have goes to Zoe.

You and that ungrateful son of mine won't see a single dime! Get out! Get the hell out of my sight!"

Furious, Rhonda pointed a finger directly at Grandmother Eleanor.

"Have you completely lost your mind?! Wendy is your flesh-and-blood granddaughter too! You'd rather leave it to that pathetic beggar who obsessed over the Thorne family? Are you still holding out hope for your little 'child prodigy'? You actually think Zoe is coming back to save the family business?

That worthless trash sold her own daughter out for a man! She publicly degraded herself, groveling and begging in front of her half-sister and the Thorne family just to be let through their doors! She's an absolute disgrace, yet you think she's going to bring honor to our name?

If it weren't for me and my husband working ourselves to the bone, this family would have been bankrupt years ago—all thanks to your precious eldest son, his ex-wife, and your favorite little failure of a granddaughter!"

Boiling with rage, Rhonda swept all the expensive nutritional supplements off the bedside table. Glass jars, teacups, and the hot water thermos crashed and shattered across the floor.

"Get out! Both of you, get out! Even if I had to give these shares away to strangers, I would never hand them over to you greedy parasites!"

Rhonda lunged forward, raising her hand to shove the old woman. But the door flew open, and Zoe rushed in, stepping right in front of her grandmother and taking the slap directly to her face.

A fierce red mark instantly bloomed across her cheek, but Zoe's eyes blazed with pure fury.

"Aunt Rhonda. Wendy. Is this how you treat a sick, elderly woman? Are you even human?!"

Your shameless, disgusting behavior gave this old woman a massive stroke on the spot! My dad had to rush her to the hospital, where she stayed in the ICU for three months before she barely pulled through.

Don't even try to pretend you don't remember any of this, Zoe. What gives you the right to act self-righteous now? Have you visited her even once in the last five years? After she survived, her mind was completely shattered.

She doesn't even know who we are half the time. What's the point of her holding onto the Lynd family shares? Let me guess—your five-year contract with Hayden expired, you got kicked to the curb, and now you're crawling back here like a stray dog expecting us to take you in?"

Wendy stepped right into Zoe's personal space, getting in her face.

"Let me make this clear: Not a chance in hell. If you try to take those shares, I promise I'll have someone break your legs, and my dad will throw you out on the street. A pathetic piece of trash discarded by the Thorne family doesn't deserve to inherit the Lynd legacy. You make me sick!"