Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren)

Emily's eyes were bloodshot as she raised her hand, but she did not dare make any move.

George was sitting in the shadows on the second floor nearby. His sharp eyes were locked onto her with no trace of warmth.

Even Hannah, who had been the center of the chaos, suddenly froze in place. She was stunned to see Emily fighting with Andrew.

Andrew turned to her sharply. "Drop the knife, then get over here. You're part of the Keller family, not some useless waste of space. A little setback and you're already talking about suicide? Hanging yourself? Hannah, do you even realize how stupid and pathetic you look right now?"

Tears streamed down her face as she shouted, "Andrew, who gave you the right to talk to me like that? I'm the victim here! If you're so amazing, why don't you find that bastard Hank and make him pay?"

Andrew let out a cold snort. "Why should I go after him? To be honest, you brought this on yourself. I warned you, didn't I? But did you listen? No."

Hannah's shame turned into rage, and she gripped the fruit knife tightly. "Andrew, are you trying to push me to my death? Is that what you want?"

Andrew gave a chilling laugh as he spread his arms out, holding back Freya and Logan. "No one's going to stop you now. If you want to die, go ahead and do it. Honestly, you're just an embarrassment to the Keller family anyway."

Hannah trembled with fury, her hand shaking so badly she could not bring herself to do it. She never imagined Andrew could be so heartless.

"If you're not ready to die, then drop the damn knife," Andrew snapped.

Then, without giving her another second, he strode forward and snatched it out of her hand.

Overwhelmed with shame and frustration, Hannah collapsed to the floor, sobbing uncontrollably. "Logan, Dad! Andrew bullied me! He doesn't care if I live or die!"

Instead of rushing to her defense, Logan and Freya let out deep sighs of relief. They quickly gathered around her, ignoring her complaints entirely. Just like that, the storm was silenced, thanks to Andrew.

Logan looked at him with admiration. "Andy, you really know how to handle women. Look at me! I'm over 200 pounds of useless muscle. Couldn't do a damn thing."

Andrew said flatly, "If someone really wants to die, they don't do it in front of an audience. The truth is, you all spoiled her too much."

Logan opened his mouth, about to agree, when Emily cut in with a sneer. "Andrew, Hannah is a Keller daughter. She deserves to be

spoiled Instead of blaming her why make Hank pay for what he did?"

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Andrew replied indifferently, "I actually don't think Hank needs to pay for anything. In fact, I think you should thank him. He gave Hannah a real-life lesson in how cruel this world can be. He punished her vanity and stupidity better than any lecture ever could."

Emily was seething. "You..."

She was ready to explode, but Andrew had already turned away and could not be bothered to acknowledge her.

Then, George's voice echoed from upstairs, low and commanding. "Andy, Logan, and you three girls. Come in. I've got something to say."

Emily threw Andrew a smug look. "Just wait. After how you treated me and Hannah, my dad is definitely going to put you in your place."

Andrew shrugged. "Emily, you may be the old man's eldest daughter, but you seriously don't understand him at all."

Emily scoffed. "Oh, please, Andrew. Don't flatter yourself. At the end of the day your last name's Lloyd, not Keller, My dad may like you, but you're nothing compared to us, his real daughters."

She was fully confident that, after what Andrew had done, George would take her side.

However, as soon as they entered the room and stood in front of George, a heavy slap landed squarely across Emily's cheek.

She clutched the side of her swollen face, tears instantly welling up, and stared at George in disbelief. "Dad... you actually hit me? Shouldn't you be slapping Andrew?"

She looked completely stunned.