The room suddenly went silent.
Grandpa Perry felt his breath cut off.
"Let go! Let go! Are you insane?!"
"I asked you a question—where is Anna buried? Answer me!"
Grandpa Perry, gasping from the lack of oxygen, snapped without thinking: "How the hell would I know?! Let go of me, you crazy woman!"
"Madam, what are you doing? Let go! Are you trying to kill him?!" Amelia shrieked.
Mr. Perry the Second also shouted, "Madam! What has the Perry Family ever done to you, for you to treat my father this way?!"
"You don’t know... haha, you don’t even know..."
Grandma Perry ignored both Amelia and Mr. Perry the Second.
She wasn’t heartbroken anymore—she just found it laughable.
"You, who claimed to visit Anna’s grave every May... you, who claimed to care so deeply for your daughter..."
"And yet you don’t even know where she’s buried."
Dead silence.
Grandpa Perry suddenly realized what he had just said.
His face turned ghostly pale.
No more faking, no more wheezing.
His lips trembled with anger, and he pointed at Grandma Perry furiously:
"You... you did that on purpose!"
Yes. Grandma Perry had done it on purpose.
Since he loved pretending to be the perfect father—
She would tear off his mask.
"This whole damn Perry Family never gave a damn about Anna! All for that adopted daughter—how dare you rip up Anna’s will and hand her inheritance to this pathetic imposter?!"
She stepped closer with every word, pressing down hard.
Each accusation made Grandpa Perry’s face go a shade whiter.
Finally, he couldn’t hold back any longer and roared: "What imposter?! Owen is Anna’s biological son—her own flesh and blood!"
Grandma Perry sneered. "I’m Anna’s actual mother, and I never acknowledged him. Anyone who tries to force this fake onto my daughter’s name—I’ll fight to the bitter end."
"You... You’re being ridiculous!" Grandpa Perry’s face flushed red.
"Everyone in the family knows it’s true! What makes you think your word is enough to say he’s not?! You—"
"Because Anna came out of my body!" Grandma Perry’s voice was steel, her presence unshakable as she looked each of them in the eye.
"A cheating husband who favored his adopted daughter, two illegitimate sons from mistresses, and a wannabe imposter who tried everything to take Anna’s place—And you want people to believe Owen is her child? Who would buy that?"
Amelia’s face went stiff. She instinctively looked toward the guests.
Sure enough, while no one dared speak, the expressions said everything—
They didn’t believe it.
Grandma Perry was right.
She was the only one in the Perry Family who ever truly cared about Anna.
The others? Please. Everyone here was from the upper crust.
Illegitimate children, mistresses, phony daughters—the setup was all too familiar.
No one in that mess had any reason to love Anna.
If they didn’t exploit her or strip her bare, that would’ve been mercy.
And Owen?
He forgot his mother’s death anniversary.
He stood there, helping destroy her will.
This was her son?
It didn’t add up.
Seeing his power slipping away, Grandpa Perry threw all pretense aside and snapped:
"How much longer are you going to throw tantrums?! This was a decision made by the entire Perry Family—for the good of the Perry Family! Can’t you put aside your maternal softness and think about the bigger picture?"
Grandma Perry’s eyes were bloodshot with fury.
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