Susan clenched her hand tightly into a fist. Her face was filled with regret as she stammered through her apology. “I felt humiliated after being slapped and scolded in front of everyone. I lost my temper and said those awful things to smear my mom. I was wrong. I'm sorry, Richard.”

She was so good at acting. She was so good that I would have fallen for her lies if I didn't hear the truth from.

Richard shifted his gaze to William and narrowed his eyes. “What about you? What ...