C154 From the gutters.

**Third person**

The force of the slap whipped Valerie's head to the side, the burning pain spreading through her body.

She curled her hands into fist and clenched her jaw, to restrain herself from caressing her stinging cheek and giving this horrible woman the satisfaction of seeing how hurting the hit was.

"You're a troublemaker and a disgrace to this family," Kate Harrison spat