369 Pete's Sense of Security

"You—"

He dissed Yvonne to the point that she was rendered speechless.

She turned and went upstairs in a huff.

Louis curled his lips disdainfully behind her and said to Lisa, "Don't bother with her. She's just spoiled."

Spoiled?

Lisa bit her lip. "She looks pretty graceful to me, though."

Louis gnashed his teeth in fury and said, "It's all an act. I know that woman the best, we grew up together. She does one thing in front of other people and another altogether behind their backs, and is the most hypocritical person ever. She has no blood relation to the Smiths. She'd be nothing at all if Uncle Ian hadn't adopted her."

"… Oh," said Lisa.

After saying that, Louis realized that it wasn't appropriate for him to badmouth his family to an outsider, so he said, "Just keep waiting here. I'll go up for now."