"Let's get outta here, Rosie! Those Blanchet folks are heartless. I'll find another way to seek justice for you!"
Soon, nothing could be heard but the vulgar swearing of the middle-aged woman and her daughter's sobbing.
Once the middle-aged woman and her daughter had been driven away, the Mendoza trio were left standing dumbly in the living room.
Veronica, with her hands on her hips, walked over impatiently, "What's the holdup? Are you still planning on crashing at the Blanchets' home for the night?"
The Mendozas finally snapped back to reality and hastily got up.
Before leaving, Arnold, looking worried, said, "Marissa, that mother-daughter duo once came to our home to stir up trouble, demanding that we take responsibility. We had no choice but to bring them to Ellinor today... If they do anything to offend the Blanchets, we, the Mendozas, wash our hands of it!"
After looking at the timid Arnold, Marissa was hard-pressed to believe that such a man was Ellinor's foster father.
They were totally different. Ellinor didn't resemble any of the Mendozas at all.
Thank god Ellinor wasn't influenced by this family's lowliness, or else a perfectly good kid would've been ruined.
Not just Marissa, but Veronica too looked down on Arnold and waved him away in disgust, "Off you go! Scram! Don't get in our way!"
Theo didn't even bother with Arnold; instead, he softly said to the little girl in his arms, "Belinda just called wanting to talk to you; she said she couldn't reach your phone."
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