Chapter 13 Partiality
Joanna was the role model for many young ladies in Ampleshire, while Klein was a notorious playboy. Everyone knew them.
Diane quickly stepped forward and had a completely different attitude towards Joanna compared to Renee. She smiled, “Hello, Ms. Joanna.”
“Hello, Ms. Campbell.” Joanna politely nodded and asked, “Where’s my sister?”
Diane looked a bit embarrassed, while Klein smirked and sarcastically said, “Don’t tell me that she couldn’t accept it and ran away in the middle of the night.”
His gaze turned cold. “When I brought her back, she promised to do everything.”
“Klein!” Joanna glared at her brother and said. “Don’t make up stories.”
Klein, who always indulged his younger sister, just smiled and didn’t say anything more.
“That’s not the case.” Diane explained. “Perhaps Renee hasn’t woken up. I don’t want to disturb her…”
Klein smirked. “She dares to make us wait for her. How arrogant!”
Joanna frowned and whispered. “Klein, Renee is your biological sister. Don’t speak like that about her…”
Klein’s mood worsened.
Since Joanna found out that she was not the biological daughter of the
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Fletcher family, she had been anxious, which annoyed Klein.
Regardless of blood ties, Joanna was the sister he had lived with for nineteen years. When Renee came back, she wanted to take everything that belonged to Joanna. Joanna was perturbed, and Klein wouldn’t
agree.
“Well, I’ll go wake her up then,” Joanna said softly. “Ms. Campbell, please show me the way.”
Diane was about to agree when she suddenly saw a figure walking through the crowd and heading straight to the funeral hall. Then, the girl knelt on the cushion.
She was slim. While kneeling, her posture was straight. Her exposed skin was fair and delicate under the sunlight, making people unconsciously want to see her face.
And then, they would be greatly disappointed.
Renee’s hair was long and unkempt, covering half of her face. In addition, she lowered her head and hid the bottom half of her face as well. Her appearance formed a stark contrast to the glamorous Joanna standing beside her.
Joanna looked at Renee and took a couple of steps forward. “You must be… Renee, right?”
Renee raised her eyes and glanced at Joanna before acknowledging with a simple “Hello.”
Joanna smiled, “Hello. I’m Joanna Fletcher. I was born half an hour earlier than you, so I’m your elder sister.”
But Renee didn’t respond. She simply looked at Joanna silently for a while and then lowered her head again.
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Joanna felt a bit awkward.
Klein frowned. “What kind of attitude is that?”
Joanna was being kind, but Renee didn’t appreciate it.
Perhaps because of Klein’s impatient expression, Renee was a bit scared and moved aside while murmuring, “Why are you scolding
me?”
Klein became dumbfounded and angry.
He wondered inwardly, “I’m her biological elder brother. Can’t I scold her? Wait. I didn’t do that.”
Renee was petite while Klein was tall, so it was tiring for him to talk like this. He half–knelt down, stared at Renee, and said, “I am Klein. Don’t you know me?”
Renee moved aside again, but she was forcefully pulled back by bad- tempered Klein, who clicked his tongue and said. “Why are you avoiding me? Do you think I’ll kill you?”
Seeing the situation turn unfavorable. Joanna quickly said, “Klein, you are Renee’s brother. Don’t…”
“Did you hear that?” Klein said. “I am your elder brother. Shouldn’t you greet me politely?”
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