Rosalind Collins had never been struck by Eric Collins before, and it was over a woman she didn't even respect.
How could she swallow such an insult?
"Dad, is this your reason for hitting me? In all these years, when have you ever hit me? She is just an outsider, and you, for such a woman, strike your own biological daughter—how could you bring yourself to do it?"
"If I don't discipline you, you won't even know the most basic manners," Eric Collins was also fuming inside. "You're about to marry into the Thomas family. With such a temper, who will put up with you? All these years of education, where have they gone?"
At this moment, Elder Lady Collins and Patrick Taylor were walking in from outside and what they saw was this scene of confrontation.
Without a word, Patrick Taylor went over. Seeing his daughter crying and gasping for breath, he quickly comforted her, "Charlotte, what's happened to you?"
