She wasn't angry with Kevan. She didn't even resent Muffin for scratching Aster.

"Hey," she said, suddenly changing the subject. She asked seriously, "Have you considered taking your daughter to a psychologist?"

Although Muffin had always been more mischievous than Cookie since she was little, she was not a cat that would scratch people for no reason—otherwise, Kevan wouldn't have brought her to Larissa.

In Larissa's opinion, Muffin's strange behavior had been caused by Bethany's mistreatment.

Larissa had noticed earlier that Muffin and Cookie's soft, beautiful, long fur was particularly sparse in certain parts of their bodies—it was clearly not due to shedding, but rather, someone had been plucking their fur. There was no one else she could think of except Bethany.

Previously, when Bethany bullied classmates at school, Larissa attributed that behavior to her family spoiling her. However, she likely had an innate antisocial personality or a mental illness if she abused animals for