Chapter 248

"Benefit? Then how much benefit have you reaped in the years I wasn't here?" Hazel scoffed. Anna was stunned for a moment. "Have you gone blind? Can't you see how well we've been getting by? Nate's even going to buy me a mansion once he receives the demolition payment." "Of course he would. Or how much money would he have to spend on hiring a housekeeper?" Hazel shot back. Anna slapped her. "How dare you!" Hazel cradled her cheek and looked at Anna in disbelief. Anna was her birth mother, but she had crushed Hazel under her heel since Hazel was a kid just because she was a girl. She had wanted to kill herself many times over the years until she had Jenny. Only then did she have the will to live. "I shouldn't have returned," said Hazel. Nothing had changed in the many years she had been gone nor would things ever change. She struggled to stand up straight and said, "We're leaving right away." "Stand right there!" Anna gripped Hazel's arm and yanked her back. Hazel looked a