Chapter 217

  They went to the cinema. Annette waited in line for the tickets while Roxanne went to get popcorn.

  A woman took a picture of Annette while she was waiting in line.

  Annette was slightly uneasy and turned her back to the woman.

  Behind her, the woman held the phone and whispered to her boyfriend, "Look! Isn't this Connor's wife?"

  Then her boyfriend exclaimed in surprise, "That's right!"

  "I heard that she is the illegitimate daughter of the Fisher family. She is so pretty, and I bet her mother is pretty too. Both of them are something. Twenty years ago, Fisher Group was the biggest company in Akron. And now, Norman Group calls the shots."

  Annette turned around and looked coldly at the woman. She said, "Miss, do you know me or my mother? You'd better watch your mouth."

  "You are the ones who have done such nasty things. And we're free of speech."

  "In that case, am I allowed to point at you and call you ugly, just because, like everyone else, I think you're ugly?"