All the arrogance and insolence in Charlotte's eyes vanished in an instant. She knelt and crawled pitifully to my feet. She hugged my legs, trying to stir a sliver of pity in my heart for her. "Mom, I was wrong! Don't send me to prison, okay? I was tricked by that beast Henry!" "I lost my birth mother when I was little, you've treated me like your own daughter. I can't lose you too, Mom!" Just moments ago, she saw me as her sworn enemy, and now she's throwing all this talk of maternal love in my face. How ironic. Her eyes were filled with terror as she raised her hand to swear an oath. "I promise I'll never fight Mandy again. I see everything you've done for me, I was just blinded by greed for a brief moment. I'll never do this again!" "I'll stay abroad forever and never come back,

