Before the slap could land, Wyatt Sterling raised his hand to catch it, once again pushing June Kane away.
The first time Serena Sullivan didn't get hit, June Kane could still bear it, but the second time it was Wyatt Sterling, and he actually dared to catch it.
"Wyatt!"
She shouted sternly.
"June."
"Wyatt, if she dares to slap you, fight back without hesitation."
The patriarch of The Sterling Family spoke up, indicating that typically a man wouldn't strike a woman, but he wasn't suggesting that Wyatt hit June Kane. Rather, he was subtly telling Wyatt that he could show disrespect towards her.
The words were tactfully said, but those who knew Wyatt's lineage understood it.
Wyatt was taken back to The Sterling Family, with the month's reporting adjusted, made to appear as June Kane's son.
Faced with his birth mother, no matter how wrong June Kane was, Wyatt had to endure it.
However, if June Kane and he were not related by blood, then resisting was necessary.
