CHAPTER 128: CHAPTER 128: SHE IS NEVER WEAK

As Stella Grant’s words left her mouth, the hospital room instantly fell silent.

Lily Harrison didn’t expect Stella to return, her expression froze repeatedly on her face before she forced a smile, "Stella, you’re back? When did you return?"

Stella handed the items she was holding to Ms. Dunn and said flatly, "Last night."

Ms. Dunn took the items and whispered only loud enough for them to hear, "Adler hasn’t taken her medication yet."

Stella nodded, walked to the bedside, placed her handbag on the nightstand, and then opened the drawer to get Lynn Adler’s medicine, saying, "Auntie, what were you just discussing with my mom? Please, continue. I’d like to listen too."

Lily glanced at Lynn after hearing this but said nothing.

She dared to bully Lynn but didn’t dare act recklessly in front of Stella.

Previously, she had also made a fuss over the house once. At that time, Kenneth Grant had just had an accident, and Stella and Lynn had just moved back to the old house. She incited Zeke Adler to drive the mother and daughter out, not expecting Stella to confront her with a kitchen knife at her throat.

She still remembered what Stella had said that day.

Stella said, "My mom and I are now at a dead end, with nothing. We’re not expecting you to have any sympathy, but we hope you don’t kick us while we’re down. Even a rabbit bites when it’s cornered, let alone a person."

That day, Zeke Adler’s neck had been cut, bleeding from the kitchen knife.

She threatened to report it to the police.

Stella, with a cold face, stared at her, not frightened at all, "Go report it, you should do it now, make a big scene, let relatives and friends see how you and your husband bully us orphaned women."

In the end, Zeke had dragged her away.

Zeke said it would be disgraceful if word got out.

And not only that, the next day, they both came over with a lot of food and drink to apologize, just to keep things calm.

Even now, when thinking about this, Lily still feels stifled and aggrieved.

They, as elders, were actually suppressed firmly by a young girl.

Stella, seeing Lynn finished taking her medicine and noticing Lily wasn’t responding, turned her head and continued, "Auntie, why are you not speaking? Were you discussing the house earlier?"

Lily forced an awkward smile, "Heh, well, it’s because your cousin is getting married and needs a house for the marriage, I was just thinking, your mom’s house..."

Before Lily could finish, Stella interrupted with a cool voice, "Since when did Brynnfield customs require an aunt to provide a house for a nephew’s marriage?"

Lily was at a loss for words.

Stella continued, "If the family really can’t afford a marriage house, then quickly tell Elliot to inform the bride’s family. Don’t let the kids develop feelings only to break up in the end over a house issue."

Lily wasn’t exactly a pushover, but she was wary of Stella’s fierceness, which is why she had been acting so subdued.

Hearing Stella’s words now, the little anger in her heart couldn’t be suppressed any longer, "Stella, you can’t talk like that. The house your mom is living in now originally belonged to your grandfather. In Brynnfield, when the elderly pass away, the family property goes to the son. Letting you live there for so many years is already very generous."

Lily tore open her pretense, while Stella, leaning against the nightstand, chuckled coldly, "That house was transferred to my mom’s name before my grandfather passed away. What does it have to do with you? Isn’t ’generous’ the wrong term to use here?"

Then Stella, with a slight lift of her red lips, added, "You just disregarded the law by talking about Brynnfield customs. Fine, then let me talk to you about Brynnfield customs. In Brynnfield, the family’s property goes to the son, but the prerequisite is that the son provides for the elderly. Did you and my uncle ever take care of my grandparents for even a single day?"

Faced with Stella’s exposé, Lily’s face turned red and then pale, "We, didn’t we just happen to have something at the time?"

Stella, "What was it? Taking your parents on a trip?"

Lily’s face flushed bright red.

Stella, "At that time, my grandfather had already received a critical illness notice, yet you and my uncle were still traveling in Cinderfall with your parents. If I recall correctly, your trip expenses were even charged to my grandfather’s pension."

Lily completely fell silent.

With Lily not speaking anymore, Stella couldn’t be bothered to deal with her, turning to open a lunchbox for Lynn to eat.

Watching Stella’s back, Lily was infuriated, her breath coming in big gulps, her chest rising and falling heavily.

After a few minutes, Lily couldn’t sit still anymore. With a stern face, she got up, "Sis, there’s something I need to take care of at home, so I won’t stay. I’ll come visit you when I have the time."

After speaking, without waiting for a response from Lynn, she turned and walked away.

Hearing she was about to leave, Stella set her chopsticks down and called after her, "Auntie, let me see you out."

As Stella finished speaking, both Lynn and Lily stiffened.

Lynn tugged on Stella’s hand with her own, shaking her head to signal her not to cause trouble.

Stella said nothing, reaching out with her hand to reassuringly pat the back of Lynn’s hand, "Mom, go ahead and eat."

After speaking, Stella took a step towards Lily.

When the two of them walked out of the hospital room, Stella stopped and looked down at her, coldly asking, "Auntie, when do you plan on paying back the fifty thousand we lent your family?"