My mom nodded in agreement. “That’s right. I’m taking care of my own children. Who can say anything, no matter how powerful the person is? Besides, my strictness also shows my good character.”
William smiled slightly, but said, “But Agatha, Bertrand is still a child. Even if he peed in my glass, it was just him being naughty. Please don’t be too harsh on him over this.”
“What?”
My mom screamed in surprise when she saw William’s face filled with genuine pity. “He actually peed in your glass?”
My mom raised her voice as she glared at me, shouting, “Bertrand! Is that what I taught you since you were a child? All those years of studying, were they all for nothing? How could you become so cruel?”
I was stunned because I had never peed in a glass. But when I looked at William’s expression, the contempt in his eyes seemed to say he had just made up a lie. My mom would believe it and punish me severely.
“What?”
“Agatha, you didn’t know?”
“Oh dear, it’s all my fault. If I had known you didn’t know, I wouldn’t have said to you. I thought you knew about it.”
William’s face looked so guilty. My mom felt even more sorry for him.