Kimberly’s face turned an ugly shade of gray, then she let out a cold laugh. “Well, look at you. A few years running wild out there, and now you’ve learned to talk back. Absolutely no manners at all. Keeping Mandy instead of you was clearly the right choice. If I had to deal with you every day, you would have driven me to my grave by now.”

Liz’s tone was icy. “If I have no manners, that is because my parents never taught me any. Giving birth without raising your child does not make you worthy of the title ‘parent.“”

With that, she hung up without hesitation.

Hearing the busy tone on the other end, Kimberly’s face went from pale to livid. “Call her back,” she barked.

She wanted to ask how Liz could dare claim she had not been raised. When they brought her back to the Smith family, she ate and dressed no worse than Mandy If she had not insisted on getting involved with Zac, the Smiths would never have cut ties with her. What right did she have to accuse them of abandoning her?

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