Chapter 12

Erica was visibly panicking. She knelt on the floor. Her eyes darted around as she tried to come up with a way to get out of this. Rosanne's face had turned pale. She could not believe a person had said something like that. She had treated Erica like she was one of her own. Rosanne would even pluck the stars in the sky for Erica if she wanted them. Consequently, she had often neglected Iris. Yet, what did Erica do instead? She called Iris a worthless bum. She even said that Rosanne and Thomas were dimwits. Rosanne raised her hand and was about to slap Erica. However, Erica started wailing miserably just then. "Aunt Rosanne, I was wrong! Those weren't my actual thoughts. I only said those things because of the illusions I had. "I dreamt of Iris slandering me. You and Uncle Thomas refused to see me. Even Keith had also abandoned me. That was why I was spouting all that nonsense… It hurts so much!" While she was saying that, Erica started banging her head on the floor. Rosanne's ex