The Daughter in the Shadows (by Una Norris) novel Chapter 12

Chapter 12 The Two Families Discuss The Annulment

Yunice gazed at Owen in sorrow, her eyes filled with a tangled mix of resentment and grievance.

This house was left behind by Dad!

I was a daughter of the Saunders family also! What right did Owen have to drive me out?

No one had the right to throw me out of Dad’s house!

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Because Dad had made a will, dividing the family assets into three parts, real estate belonged to me, savings went to Oscar, and hospital

Ito shares were given to Ouren

Dad had said that since I’m a girl, I would need a house as a foundation when I married Oscar, with cash in hand, could fund his new drug research, while Owen, with his medical connections, could boost pharmaceutical sales. Yenice, in turn, could provide insights for Oscar’s drug development

The three of us were supposed to complement each other in a virtuous cycle. Now that they had achieved success, they saw me as useless and decided to cast me aside?

Yunice was so furious that she could hardly breathe. She clenched her palms tightly and locked eyes with Owen in a heated glare.

She wanted to lash out, but reason held her back–she couldn’t fight head–on.

Right now, I couldn’t even prove my identity. Bringing up the will recklessly would only benefit Elsie.

Moreover, after three years in the psychiatric hospital. I had lost my connections and resources. Without money or support, who would help me fight a lawsuit?

Yunice shut her eyes in frustration. Powerless rage was useless. Confronting them head–on would only get me sent back to the pychiatric hospital

When she reopened her eyes, all emotion had vanished from them. She wiped away the rice grains from her face with her

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Then, she swiftly crouched down and picked up the chicken drumstick from the floor. She hesitated for a brief moment at the sight of the bright red chili oil on it.

But only for a moment. She then took a big bite and swallowed mechanically like a lifeless doll.

Everyone was stunned. Elsie put on a show of concern and exclaimed, “Yunice, don’t eat that; it’s dirty..”

Owen was also taken aback–he hadn’t expected Yunice to pick up food from the floor and eat it.

At that moment, a shocked voice came from the doorway. “What is going on here?”

Margaret Grant, who is Paul’s mother, was so stunned that she forgot her manners and strode in.

It wasn’t until she saw Yunice actually eating off the floor that she turned to Owen and Lily with an indescribable expression.

y immediately turned her head away in shame.

Lily

Owen stepped forward to greet her. “Madam Margaret, what brings you here?”

Margaret raised her hand to brush him off. She had intended to question Owen, but upon seeing Yunice squatting there. numbly eating the drumstick, she rushed over and snatched it away.

Her voice trembled with distress. “Don’t eat that! It’s too spicy! You have a gastric disease! How can you handle such spicy

food”

Owen had assumed Margaret was upset because Yunice ate off the floor, but upon hearing about her gastric disease, he was

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Chapter 12 The Two Families Discuss The Annulment

Yunice, now supported by Margaret, turned to Owen and asked, “I finished eating. Are you pleased now!

Owen was at a loss for words.

That wasn’t that I meant. I had assumed she was deliberately only eating plain rice.

“If your stomach was unwell, why didn’t you say anything?”

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Yunice replied. “I did. But you said Mom worked hard to cook and told me not to be fussy. You said eating one bite wouldn’t

Elsie naturally enjoyed it, and both of her brothers weren’t picky eaters. But I couldn’t handle spice at all

But in the three years I spent in the psychiatric hospital, I had been deprived of proper meals and grew even more sensitive to spicy food.

“If she can’t eat it, she can’t eat it. How is that being fussy?” Margaret scanned the table full of spicy dishes and directed her anger at Lily. “You’re a mother. How hard is it to ask your daughter what she wants to eat?

Margaret held Yunice protectively. “Even I knew, so doesn’t that mean you should be reflecting on yourselves?”

Yunice felt a stabbing pain in her stomach. Pressing her hand against it, she endured the discomfort.

Noticing this. Margaret quickly supported her and turned to the others. “I’m taking Yunny with me. Owen instinctively wanted to stop her.

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But Yunice looked him in the eye and said firmly, “From now on, I’ll do everything you ask. But I won’t explain myself to you ever again

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