His arrival

Zoey shivered when all eyes focused on her. Her knees giving way. "I…I don't know anything."

"Hold on, isn't she your stepsister?" Miss Liam asked Valerie. Three years ago, when she returned to the city, she was interested in Valerie, so she did a little digging and conveniently found out she had a stepsister, who was the apple of the family's eyes, and as for Valerie, she was apparently the black sheep of the family, with a ruined reputation. And her whereabouts was unknown.

Miss Liam immediately felt that something was amiss. She found Valerie had similar fate to her; she also had stepsiblings who once ruined her life, just to have what she had. From that moment onward, her dislike for stepsiblings and stepmothers became irreconcilable - First reason she disliked Zoey, and seeing her now, she gave her the same vibe her own stepsister once used to exhibit; innocent and sophisticated appearance, but a venomous heart.