Chapter 33 Get Rid of Them!

A woman in high heels entered the venue wearing bright red lipstick and a slit bodycon dress.

The commotion gave way to silence. Then, the crowd exclaimed in amazement.

"It's Maia Burgess!"

"What is she doing here?"

"Hasn't she gone missing?"

Yvette and Homer were stunned onstage.

Quickly adopting a fatherly tone, he exclaimed, "Maia, you're... finally back! I missed you so much."

Maia frowned, disgusted by the man. She knew better than anyone what her father and stepmother were like.

Yvette, however, was not as calm as Homer. Holding onto his arm, she paled as if she had seen a ghost. "Y-You…"

Outsiders assumed Maia had gone missing for a year, but the Burgess couple was sure she died in the fire.

But there she was, at the press conference!

"Long time no see, Yvette. Too excited to see me?" Maia let out a half-smile.

She turned to the reporters before the two could say anything. Live cameras were pointed directly at her, and flashes kept going off.

"The footage yo