Marvin scratched his head in embarrassment. "Sigh! Just my rotten luck to have taken in a shameless daughter!"
Sherlyn clutched his elbow and said, "Dad, you shouldn't get sad over that ingrate. After all, you still have me."
"She's right, Marvin. We still have Sherlyn! As for Corinne, the only thing we can do is hope for her to come to her senses and pay what she owes to Josephine!"
Josephine's mother's act was so convincing that Pamela could not help but believe her a little. She turned to look at Corinne, not wanting to believe the granddaughter-in-law she adored was that kind of person.
"You could say I used Josephine's results and that I had an abortion, but if you don't have proof… Well, I guess I'll see you in court," said Corinne calmly.
"The proof is that you had an abortion a few days before the exams!"
"Where did I have an abortion? Which hospital did I do it at? Who was the attending doctor?" asked Corinne rapidly.
"As if anyone would know that many details about your dirty deeds. I bet you did it at the unlicensed clinic that closed down years ago."
"It closed down? Why, that's as good as not having any proof."
However, she mastered her schoolwork a long time ago. She never missed an exam and had been recommended to many universities for admission. This was a known fact to all the teachers and the principal.
'But the fact that they dare to come here today means they've paid off the teachers and the principal. And even if they didn't, the teachers and the principal might not dare to testify for me if they were put under duress,' thought Corinne.
Josephine's mother thought she had won when she saw Corinne being silent. "Cat got your tongue, Corinne? You know you often skipped classes in high school, and this alone is enough proof of how bad of a student you are!"
"Whether or not my wife is a good student is not up to you to say. I alone know better than anyone else what kind of person she is!"
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