Chapter 2 Standing Facts on Their Heads

Outside the Garcia's, Rosalie, who had changed into a black dress at the airport, gloomily watched people coming and going with occasional smiles.

They seemed very unconcerned about what happened here.

Dragging her heavy feet, she went into the house amid the surprised stares from others.

The black drapery and white flowers dazzled her eyes.

She was reluctant to believe that, but she had to.

Doctors couldn't cure themselves. Even the most authoritative expert would find it impossible to announce his own death.

"I'm back, dad."

She whispered in her heart.

"Why do you have the nerve to come back?!"

A shriek broke the measly solemnness in the air and hit her eardrums.

Indifferent, she turned around and stared at the ridiculous woman. There was not a trace of expression on her face.

This woman didn't deserve her response.

"My good sister! The last person dad wants to see is you! Are you here to disturb his last peace?"

Another affectedly sweet voice echoed. Obviously, the two were in cahoots.

Rosalie just sneered as she gazed at her father's black and white portrait in front of her.

Dad? Did this shameless woman think she was a member of this family? She was no more than a drag taken here by her mother!

Getting no response from Rosalie, Penny Black and her daughter, Rosy Garcia, exchanged a look at each other before flinging themselves at her.

"Get out of here! Go away! You're not welcomed! Garcia's is not your home!"

Under many curious eyes, Rosalie was pushed by a hand. She stumbled and almost fell.

"What are you doing?!"

She hadn't planned to get into too much of a quarrel with the two.

But clearly, they didn't think the same.

Finally provoking her target, Rosy began weeping.

Her red eyes became even more melting at this moment.

But Rosalie knew it was just a trick that Rosy usually played.

"Rosalie, don't play dumb! Roy... Roy knew all the sordid things that you did abroad! If it hadn't been for you, he wouldn't have got so angry and suddenly... left us!"

Penny also cried hypocritically, scolding Rosalie in front of the guests.

"Sordid things?"

Rosalie sneered. It seemed that she had really belittled this woman before!

"Rosalie, I know it must be your cronies who engaged you in promiscuous relations. But dad couldn't forgive you even when he died. Please go away today. If there's anything, we can talk about it some other time, okay?"

With Penny playing a bad cop, Rosy made herself a good one.

Through the "explanation", she pointed out Rosalie's "Sordid things" frankly.

"You can slander me as you like, but please be honest with me about one thing – how did my father die?!"

Rosalie grabbed Rosy's wrist and stared coldly at her watery eyes.

But Rody didn't give a reply. Instead, she "fainted" in a good weep after a wink at Penny.

In the guests' views, she must have been hurt by Rosalie.

"It's useless to feign fainted in front of me!"

Rosalie tightened her grip on Rosy's wrist, but Rosy had her eyes tightly closed.

"What an ungrateful woman! How dare you bully your sister before your father! Roy! Look at what your good daughter is doing!"

Penny threw herself at the coffin with a louder wail.

"Tell me!"

Rosalie cared about nothing but the cause of her father's death!

When she met him last time, he was so well!

"Rosalie, what are you doing to my sister?!"

Hearing Penny's cry, Reynolds Garcia rushed out from the crowd and pushed Rosalie away. Then, he held his real sister in his arms.

Rosalie, who fell onto the ground, clenched her fists as she watched a group of people escorting Rosy away.

The next second, with sudden strength, she climbed to her feet, strode into the mourning hall, and knelt to her knees with a thud.

"Dad, I'll get to the bottom of your death! I'll punish the evil who caused you to die!"

After saying that, she made a kowtow to the coffin.

When she was ready to burn ghost money, Penny kicked over the brazier.

Sparks flew!

"Stop your nonsense! Rosy is kind-hearted and doesn't want to ruin your reputation! But I'm fearless! When you messed around with a dozen men and women in a room, did you think about your father's feelings? Don't pretend to be a good daughter now! We won't be cheated by you!"

Penny's astonishing words made all the guests gasp.

It seemed the male-female relations were much more complicated than they had thought...

What a surprise that Mr. Garcia, a strict man, had such an open-minded daughter!

"Reynolds! Reynolds! Drive this ungrateful woman out! Don't let her disturb your father's peace!"

Reynolds was just back to the mourning hall. Hearing his mother's words, he walked up and covered Rosalie's mouth directly.

"You..."

Rosalie tried to say something, she could merely hum.

When she was thrown out of the house, she collapsed onto the ground and smiled self-mockingly.

These three had just been outsiders in this family, but now...

It was her who was out of place here.

"Dad, I won't give in!"