Wendy also looked down on me for having a daughter.
It was a rainy day when I gave birth to my daughter, Olivia Reid.
Wendy was talking strangely the moment she stepped into my ward.
“Your daughter is going to get married to another man one day. What’s the point of having one? She’s going to flow away from you like the rain outside.”
At the same time, Ben walked in with Olivia in his arms.
Wendy snatched Olivia from Ben and started to criticize her.
“Her face is so crumpled, and her skin isn’t fair. Her eyes are too small! She must look ugly when she grows up. What if nobody wants her?
“She doesn’t look like Ben. I think she looks more like your ex-boyfriend.”
“Ruby doesn’t have an ex-boyfriend. Wendy, you’re remembering things wrongly.”
Even Ben could not stand Wendy. He turned to defend me.
Wendy was unhappy. She started to make up lies.
“Ruby has been lying to you. So many men were pursuing her back in university. She couldn’t have possibly gone through university without a boyfriend. In the past, she even snatched one of the guys who pursued me!”
I could no longer stand her. I was very angry and I wanted her out of my ward.
Ben’s parents arrived. They brought a lot of gifts, which were carried by their bodyguards.
I did not want to embarrass her, so I suppressed my anger.
Wendy watched as everyone talked to me and took care of me. Then, she thought of the time when she was in confinement after giving birth to her son, Charlie Smith. Liam had been unwilling to spend any money on her.
She felt a deep pang of jealousy.
“It’s only a daughter, why are you all being so smug?”
As she spoke, she took out a bottle of lotion. “Come, let me put some lotion on her legs.
“It’ll be bad if she grows up with ugly legs. No man would want her in the future.
“Your mother should be worried about this too.”
She ignored Olivia’s cries and pressed down on her legs firmly.
“What are you doing?”
My mother-in-law, Mariam Reid, was the closest to them. So she quickly snatched Olivia over and placed her in my arms.
“I’m doing this for Olivia’s own good! I’m doing this so that she’ll be able to get married to a good man in the future!”
Wendy still tried to take Olivia from me.
The bodyguards immediately surrounded her.
“She’s my granddaughter, not yours. We’re not simply putting any lotion on her. Put it on yourself instead!”
Mariam was extremely furious.
“Why are you putting some random lotion on a baby? I thought you were educated! You should know you can’t simply destroy a baby’s skin barrier!”
My father-in-law, Peter Reid, was usually a good-tempered man. He was furious as well.
“Hey, who wants a daughter anyway! You’re all treating her like she’s some sort of treasure.
“I wouldn’t want you to pass your bad luck to me. I’d still want to give birth to nine more sons for Liam so we’ll be a perfect family!”
After Wendy said that, she left and slammed the door behind her.
Olivia cried from the shock.
I looked down and coaxed her. Then, I saw a bruise the size of a finger on her thigh.
Wendy still showed up the next day.
However, she did not enter my ward. She went to other wards with women who gave birth to sons and gave them gifts.
She even helped them to the toilet and took care of their sons.
Then, she started to spread rumors to them.
“These days, those women giving birth to daughters think they’re much better than us who produced sons.
“My older sister just gave birth to a daughter yesterday, and she would not even let me hold her baby. She’s looking down on me for giving birth to a son!”
Everyone supported her.
“Your older sister is a nasty person. Her bloodline will end with her daughter.”
“That’s right, is your older sister insane? She must have a son!”
“She’s going to suffer when she’s older. When she gets bullied by others, she’d realize the importance of having a son.”
Since then, she refused to see my daughter.
Whenever my daughter was around, she refused to show up. She was afraid that my daughter would spread bad luck to her.
