Chapter 49

As Zoey parked her electric bike, her stepmother, Mabel, spotted her and taunted, "Oh, Ms. Johnson is here too. Riding an electric bike to collect a dead man, isn't that a bit too shabby?" "Mom, you're making it hard for her. She can't afford any other car," Phoebe chimed in. Wallace whispered, "With so many people here, can you two please be a bit more considerate with your words?" "Are you feeling sorry for your daughter now? Maybe you shouldn't have married me in the first place. You might as well live with her in the future, and I'll leave with my son and daughter," Mabel retorted unreasonably, giving Wallace a headache and forcing him to keep quiet. He even regretted abandoning Zoey's mother years ago and marrying such a quarrelsome woman. Zoey had no patience for her stepmother's antics, so she walked over and stood beside Cecilia. Cecilia looked at her friend with some sympathy. She thought Cyrus was turning over a new leaf and becoming a good husband and father. Little d