Rolling up his sleeve, he revealed bruises on his arm and pointed at me in accusation.
“Daddy, this bad woman pinched me on purpose! She must be taking revenge on Mommy. Cooper hurts so much...”
At once, Vanessa’s eyes shimmered with tears.
“Ms. Brooks, you’ve misunderstood me. I left the house in a rush today, so I only had this money with me. I sincerely wanted to compensate you. I’m a simple person—unlike you, I don’t have so many schemes."
"I know you dislike me, but if you have a problem, take it out on me. Why bully a child?”
My mother-in-law looked ready to faint from distress. She slapped the table and shouted at me to get out.
“Anthony, I didn’t—”
Anthony cut me off impatiently, his face dark as iron.
“Diana, Cooper is only five. You think a child that age can lie? He didn’t hurt Cherry on purpose—what would a kid know? Must you blow everything out of proportion?"
"Mom said Cooper is her grandson now—so that makes him my son. I have to stand up for him and Vanessa.”
He shoved Cooper toward me.
“Cooper, Daddy will teach you something today: if someone bullies you, you bully them back. Whatever this auntie did to you, you do it back to her.”