I was rejected by my father for ten years, living in a servant’s room and wearing old clothes, just because I didn’t look like my missing mother. He adopted a lookalike sister, promoted her on reality shows, and took everything from me. Desperate, I jumped into a lake at my birthday party. At the edge of death, my mother, a Hollywood legend, returned. She fought bullies, revealed the truth, and broke with my father. I went from an abandoned girl to the sole heir. As my father begged for forgiveness, I held my mother’s hand and headed for my bright future.
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00:00Dad has hated me for 10 years.
00:02On my 6th birthday, mom disappeared.
00:04You are a jinx.
00:05He blamed me for her disappearance.
00:07You don't look like your mother at all.
00:09He hated my face, because it looked nothing like hers.
00:11He adopted a girl who's a dead ringer for mom, Evelyn Voss.
00:15He put her on reality TV, paraded her on late night shows.
00:19She is the sole Sterling Air Air.
00:22Me? I sleep in the maid's quarters.
00:25I wear her hand-me-downs.
00:27He let her bully me.
00:29Let her frame me.
00:30She pushed me into the pool when I couldn't swim.
00:33Serves you right.
00:34For a long time, I believed him.
00:36Until my 16th birthday.
00:38The day mom came home.
00:40Three days before my birthday.
00:42Every year, dad throws Evelyn a huge party on my birthday.
00:45Everyone at my prep school got an invite.
00:48Elena, don't worry.
00:49Maybe the butler miscounted and missed one.
00:51I kept my head down.
00:53Kept writing.
00:54Didn't even blink.
00:56Even apologizing to her.
00:57You're being too nice, Evelyn.
00:59That's why she keeps walking all over.
01:00Seriously, she's the maid's daughter.
01:02Freeloading at your mansion.
01:04Your dad pays for everything and she repays you by stealing?
01:07If I were you, I'd kick her to the curb.
01:09What a jerk.
01:10Such a jealous bitch.
01:12Be glad she's not coming.
01:13She just ruined the night.
01:15Oh, come on.
01:16Stop.
01:17Elena shouldn't work.
01:18It's her birthday too, remember?
01:19Elena, I really wanted you to cut the cake with me.
01:22But daddy said no.
01:23After what you did, you can't blame him for hating you.
01:27I hurled my pen straight at her face.
01:29Back off!
01:30Broke jumped up and shoved me to the floor.
01:33My forehead slammed into the corner of a desk.
01:35The whole class just watched, smirking.
01:40From elementary school to high school, Evelyn turned everyone against me.
01:44And they made this into a game for fun.
01:46But I didn't care about being a loner.
01:49I cared about Mr. Collins calling a parent meeting for Monday.
01:53Broke's mom showed up and defended him without hesitation.
01:57Broke was just trying to help.
01:59Everyone saw Elena throw that pen at Evelyn.
02:04Sweetheart, are you okay?
02:06Did she hurt you anywhere?
02:08Her eyes cut back to me.
02:09That girl is unstable.
02:11She doesn't belong here.
02:12Who knows what psycho things she'll do next?
02:14I stood there, blood dripping down my face.
02:18I thought to myself, if mom were here, she'd rip them apart for me.
02:22Instead, I had dad.
02:24He didn't even glance at my bleeding head.
02:27He just checked Evelyn's perfect face for scratches.
02:33Go home.
02:37You know Evelyn has a TV shoot tomorrow, and you aim for her face?
02:44Elena, Rosalyn was a saint.
02:46How did she give birth to something so vicious?
02:50Sometimes I wonder if you're even hers.
02:52Was ruining your mom not enough?
02:54Now you're coming for Evelyn!
02:56I looked at dad.
02:57His face was twisted with disgust.
02:59But ten years ago,
03:01he wasn't like this.
03:03When mom was alive, he adored me.
03:05He poured everything into me.
03:07Though he always wished I looked more like her.
03:09He named me Elena.
03:12I was the treasure of the family.
03:14He bought me custom dresses.
03:16Hand-picked jewelry.
03:18For my fifth birthday,
03:20he gave me an estate.
03:22A kid pushed me in kindergarten once.
03:24Dad was furious.
03:25He forced the family to apologize.
03:27Then he hired private coaches
03:29to teach me self-defense.
03:31If anyone bullies you, you hit back.
03:32I don't care who it is.
03:34Mom and dad will always have your back, Elena.
03:36Always.
03:36And now,
03:37the man was holding his Evelyn
03:39like I was nothing to him.
03:48Get back to your room!
03:50Don't come out until I say so!
03:52He never asked about the wound on my forehead,
03:54and I never found the courage
03:56to tell him to see Mr. Collins.
03:59He wouldn't show up for me anyway.
04:02For the last ten years,
04:04he's only sat in the parents' row
04:05for Evelyn.
04:07They locked me in my room all night.
04:09By morning,
04:10the cut on my forehead was infected.
04:14I sneak out for the first aid kit.
04:16I pushed open the door
04:17and walked straight into a literal film crew.
04:21Cameras,
04:21boom mics,
04:23blinding ring lights.
04:24They had taken over our living room.
04:26Dad was sitting on the sofa with Evelyn.
04:28He wore a warm, loving smile.
04:30A smile I hadn't seen in ten years.
04:32As a billionaire CEO,
04:33how do you balance work
04:34and raising such a perfect daughter?
04:36Evelyn makes it easy.
04:37She's my only girl.
04:39I'll always make time for her.
04:42Daddy is the absolute best.
04:46But we haven't been to Europe yet this year.
04:49Anything you want, princess.
04:51Paris it is,
04:52right after your birthday.
04:53My mind went blank.
04:55I'd seen this act too many times to cry.
04:58Still, I couldn't stop myself.
05:00From thinking about ten years ago,
05:02I used to cling to mom's arm just like that.
05:05She gave me her favorite antique emerald necklace.
05:10Keep it safe, Elena.
05:12Grandma gave this to me.
05:14Her eyes had looked so sad back then.
05:17Evelyn,
05:18Rosalind was a Hollywood legend.
05:21Is your late mother the reason
05:23you want to go into acting?
05:24The room went still.
05:26Mom's name used to be taboo.
05:28Anyone who brought her up
05:29usually got fired.
05:30But today was Evelyn's
05:31big reality TV debut.
05:33Dad was paving her way to stardom.
05:36Evelyn lowered her eyes,
05:37looking heartbreakingly sincere.
05:39I miss my mom all the time.
05:42I want to act
05:43to feel closer to her legacy.
05:45Then,
05:46she took something out of her pocket.
05:48This was the necklace she left me.
05:50Whenever I'm sad,
05:51I look at it,
05:53and it feels like she's still with me.
05:55I stared at it.
05:56Anger rose in me.
05:57That was my necklace.
05:59Mom gave it to me.
06:00For ten years,
06:02Evelyn stole my entire life.
06:03My room.
06:04My clothes.
06:05My birthday.
06:06Dad.
06:07But that necklace
06:07was the only thing I had left.
06:09I lunged forward
06:10and snatched it from her hand.
06:13Elena!
06:13Who the hell let you out?
06:15Elena!
06:16What are you doing?
06:17When did you steal that necklace?
06:20I checked my jewelry box
06:21every single night.
06:23It was there yesterday.
06:25All these years,
06:26no one cared whether I lived or died.
06:29The necklace was the only thing
06:31that kept me going.
06:32When I held it,
06:33I could feel Mom hugging me.
06:36Proof that I was loved once.
06:38Steel?
06:39What are you talking about?
06:40Elena,
06:41have you lost your mind?
06:42We're live streaming.
06:43Go to hell
06:44with your live streaming.
06:46That's my mother's necklace.
06:48Why does she get to take it?
06:50And my mother isn't dead.
06:51Shut your mouth, Evelyn.
06:53She didn't leave that behind.
06:54Mr. Sterling,
06:56who is this girl?
06:58Evelyn panicked,
06:59looking at Dad for a save.
07:02She's just a maid's daughter.
07:04I held the necklace in my hand.
07:06A freezing chill ran down my spine.
07:09The first time he disowned me
07:11to the entire world,
07:12Evelyn's panic disappeared.
07:14A smug gleam flashed in her eyes.
07:16She reached out
07:17to grab the necklace back.
07:18If you want jewelry,
07:19I'll buy you a diamond.
07:20Whatever you want.
07:21But this is my mom's.
07:23I can't give it to you.
07:24Give it back!
07:25That's the last thing
07:26my mom gave me!
07:27Give it back!
07:28I yanked the chain.
07:30Evelyn let go.
07:30She let go on purpose.
07:34The necklace hit the marble floor.
07:37The green emerald
07:38shattered into jagged pieces.
07:39I stumbled back.
07:41My mind went entirely blank.
07:43The very last piece of my mom.
07:45Gone.
07:46Are you satisfied now, you psycho?
07:49Get out!
07:50Elena!
07:50How could you?
07:52I didn't hear a word of it.
07:54I dropped to my knees
07:55on the cold marble.
07:57I scrambled to pick up
07:58the broken green shards.
07:59The pieces cut into my fingers.
08:03My tears hit the wounds.
08:05Hot and stinging.
08:09I went viral.
08:10The bad kind.
08:12The livestream clip
08:13blew up overnight.
08:15Everyone pitied
08:16Sebastian and Evelyn.
08:18I was public enemy number one.
08:20Classmates flooded the comments,
08:22playing the insider sources.
08:24They spun a shiny new narrative.
08:26I was just a troubled foster kid.
08:28The Sterlings took me in
08:30out of pity.
08:31And I had bullied Evelyn
08:32for years.
08:34I stopped reading there.
08:38Rosaline was my mother.
08:39If mom were still here,
08:41would she feel sorry for me?
08:42Or would she stand with Evelyn
08:44just like dad did?
08:45I don't look a single thing like her.
08:47Evelyn is her spitting image.
08:50And I was the reason mom went missing
08:53in the first place.
08:54It was Evelyn's birthday party.
08:56The whole class was there.
08:59They came to my door,
09:00mocking me from the hallway,
09:02calling me a freak
09:04to defend Evelyn.
09:05I was locked inside
09:07on dad's orders.
09:09He stood outside the door.
09:10Elena,
09:11how could you do this
09:12to your mother?
09:13That necklace
09:13was her prized possession.
09:15Do you know how hard
09:16Evelyn worked for that TV spot?
09:17If Rosa Aachen saw
09:18the monster you've become,
09:19she'd regret ever having you.
09:21His footsteps faded down the hall.
09:25Then,
09:26the lock clicked.
09:28Evelyn strode in,
09:29holding a spare key.
09:30So, Elena,
09:32how did it feel?
09:33Being called
09:34the maid's trash
09:36on live TV?
09:37She circled me
09:38like a vulture.
09:39You've got zero shame
09:40staying here.
09:42You killed your mom.
09:44Dad hates you.
09:45He wishes you were dead.
09:46He just won't say it out loud.
09:48I didn't answer.
09:50I just stared out the window.
09:52The estates' lake
09:52was lined with party tents,
09:54balloons,
09:55champagne towers,
09:56a take,
09:57mountains of designer gift boxes.
09:58It was the birthday party
10:00of my dreams,
10:00the party I was promised
10:02ten years ago.
10:03Every single year,
10:04I watched her live my life.
10:06Someone called for Evelyn
10:07to cut the cake.
10:08My silence pissed her off.
10:10Elena!
10:10I'm talking to you!
10:12Why didn't you die
10:13with your mother?
10:14She snatched
10:15the broken emerald pieces
10:16from my hand
10:17and threw them
10:18out the window,
10:18down into the deep,
10:20dark lake.
10:21My brain completely
10:22short-serted.
10:22I didn't even think.
10:23I climbed onto the windowsill
10:25and I jumped.
10:26Gasps and screams
10:27echoed from the party below.
10:28Freezing water
10:29flooded my lungs.
10:30Everything went dark.
10:31But right before
10:32I lost consciousness,
10:33I swear I heard a voice.
10:34Elena,
10:34mommy's right here!
10:38I thought I was dead.
10:40Then,
10:40I opened my eyes
10:41and saw the one face
10:43I'd missed for ten years.
10:45Mom.
10:46She looked almost
10:48exactly the same.
10:50Mom?
10:50I was terrified
10:51she would vanish
10:52if I blinked.
10:53I'm right here, baby.
10:55Tell me,
10:56did someone push you?
10:57Before I could answer.
10:59Mom!
11:00It was just an accident!
11:01We were just playing!
11:03And she fell!
11:04That's when I realized
11:05the room was full.
11:06Evelyn,
11:07the estate doctor,
11:08and dad.
11:10Dad was staring at mom.
11:12Who the hell are you?
11:13I only have one daughter.
11:15Evelyn's fake smile dropped.
11:17She looked at dad
11:18in a panic.
11:19My mother followed her gaze.
11:22Sebastian,
11:24you'd better explain.
11:26Is this your secret daughter?
11:29Darling, no!
11:30I swear!
11:31Evelyn is adopted!
11:32Adopted?
11:33Mom let out a bitter,
11:35cutting laugh.
11:35She looked at Evelyn's
11:37mu-mu dress
11:37than my dusty room.
11:39You treat a stranger's kid
11:41better than your own
11:42flesh and blood?
11:43I've been gone
11:44ten years, Sebastian.
11:47And you shoved my daughter
11:48in a broom closet?
11:50And the luxury party outside?
11:52Today is Elena's birthday!
11:56Why is her name
11:57on the banners?
11:58Rosalind, please!
12:00I'll fix it right now!
12:03Pack Elena's things.
12:04Move her back
12:05to the master quad.
12:07What about
12:08Miss Evelyn's things?
12:09Throw them in a guest room!
12:10I don't care!
12:11Daddy!
12:12Evelyn burst into
12:13real, ugly tears.
12:15Rosalind,
12:16is this okay?
12:20Mom looked down at me,
12:22waiting for my lead.
12:23That was when I knew
12:24Mom really come back.
12:26Mom, I choked out.
12:28I don't want to stay here.
12:29Can you take me with you?
12:31I will.
12:32As soon as you feel better,
12:34we're gone.
12:40I used to dream
12:41about this moment.
12:42Always.
12:43When Sebastian blamed me
12:45without even hearing my side.
12:47But as the years dragged on,
12:49I stopped hoping.
12:50I thought I drove Mom away
12:52when I was six.
12:53I thought she hated me too.
12:55But now,
12:56she was really here,
12:57squeezed into my tiny,
12:58lumpy twin bed,
12:59holding me tight,
13:01apologizing over and over.
13:02Ten years ago,
13:03I didn't leave you by choice.
13:06She was taken far away
13:07and trapped for years.
13:09Fought like hell
13:10to come back to you.
13:12Everyone thought
13:13she was gone for good.
13:14But I never gave up
13:16on coming home.
13:17And to make it back to me,
13:19she paid a terrible price.
13:23Mom,
13:25you're not leaving me again,
13:27right?
13:31She held me tighter.
13:33No.
13:34I am never letting you go,
13:36Elena.
13:36Out in the hallway,
13:37the floor bones
13:38gave a heavy creak.
13:39Dad was standing
13:40right outside the door,
13:41listening in the dark.
13:43Mom shot a dark,
13:44warning look
13:44at the door frame.
13:46Then she stroped my hair.
13:48Go to sleep, baby.
13:50When you wake up,
13:51Mom will still be right here.
13:52My mother heard
13:53what my classmates did to me.
13:55The next morning,
13:56she came to school with me.
13:59For years,
14:00I had taken the bus alone.
14:02The family driver
14:03was only for Evelyn.
14:05But this morning
14:06was different.
14:07A sleek black SUV
14:08blocked our path
14:09down the driveway.
14:11Rosalyn,
14:11let me drive you in Elena.
14:15Evelyn stood in the doorway,
14:17her face stiff with jealousy.
14:19Her things had already
14:20been moved out.
14:23Everyone in the house
14:24knew that she was
14:24losing her place.
14:27No thanks.
14:28Are you sure
14:29the maid's trash
14:30is allowed
14:30in your pristine car?
14:32I'm sorry, Rosaline.
14:33I can explain
14:34the live stream.
14:35Elena stormed in
14:36and caused a scene.
14:37I was just blind
14:38with rage.
14:39I didn't mean to...
14:40Caused a scene?
14:41Her heirloom
14:42was stolen.
14:43She was just
14:44taking it back.
14:45I mean,
14:46can you really blame her?
14:47Sebastian!
14:48That was my mother's necklace!
14:50You knew exactly
14:51what it was!
14:54Her eyes grew red
14:55with furious tears,
14:57remembering the viral comments.
15:01Dad hurried out of the car.
15:04I was a total bastard.
15:07I'll make it up to Elena,
15:08I swear.
15:09Make it up to her?
15:11You're a complete stranger to her.
15:12We don't need your pity.
15:14Come on, Elena.
15:16Mom grabbed my hand.
15:17We walked right past him.
15:19We got into the car.
15:23Dad's SUV
15:24trailed slowly
15:25behind us
15:26all the way to school.
15:28Thanks to Evelyn's
15:29smear campaigns,
15:31I was the absolute
15:32outcast at school.
15:36Elena,
15:37no parents again?
15:39I warned you last time.
15:41If your parents
15:42don't show up today,
15:43I'm drawing up
15:44your expulsion papers.
15:45I am Elena's mother,
15:47and I want the little punk
15:49who pushed my daughter
15:49brought in here right now.
15:51He is going to apologize.
15:53In ten years,
15:55I had never had
15:55a parent showed up.
15:56No parent-teacher nights,
15:58no school plays,
15:59nothing.
16:01Oh my God!
16:03You're Rosalind Vale!
16:04I grew up watching
16:05your movies!
16:09But wait,
16:11aren't you married
16:11to Sebastian Sterling?
16:13Isn't his only daughter
16:15Evelyn?
16:18Sebastian Sterling
16:19is insane.
16:21He treats a stranger's kid
16:23like pure gold
16:25and throws
16:27his own flesh
16:28and blood
16:29to the wolves!
16:33I'm not sorry,
16:34I was being a good guy.
16:35She threw a pen
16:36at Evelyn first.
16:39I'm sorry, ma'am.
16:41If anyone's to blame,
16:42blame me.
16:43He was just
16:44standing up for me.
16:45So really,
16:47it's all my fault.
16:48Don't try that act on me.
16:50I'm not Sebastian.
16:51You think I'd throw
16:52my own daughter
16:52under the bus for you?
16:54I knew you didn't
16:55like me, ma'am.
16:56But you don't have
16:57to call me an actor?
16:58I know exactly
16:59what you are.
17:00You stole her
17:01birthday celebration.
17:02You hijacked her life.
17:04You told the whole school
17:05she was the maid's trash.
17:07I know exactly
17:08what you whispered
17:09to her that day
17:10by the lake.
17:12I didn't say it.
17:13Dad did.
17:14He said Alina
17:15was the maid's trash.
17:18Shut your mouth,
17:19Evelyn!
17:20Shut your pages!
17:24One more word
17:26and you'll get out.
17:30Sorry, Alina.
17:31They practically
17:32shoved his face
17:33into the floor.
17:34We are so sorry, Alina.
17:36He will never
17:37bother you again.
17:39What is wrong
17:40with Sebastian Sturrett?
17:42Spoiling a random orphan
17:43treating his actual
17:43kid like garbage.
17:45No wonder the poor girl
17:46has no friends.
17:47Dad heard
17:47every single word.
17:49His shoulders
17:49completely froze.
17:52Alina.
17:55Who else bullied you?
17:56Tell Daddy.
17:58You know exactly
17:59who's been torturing her.
18:01The internet is still
18:02tearing her apart
18:03because of that live stream.
18:04Are you playing blind,
18:05Sebastian?
18:06You're done for the day.
18:07We are going home.
18:08We are turning on the camera.
18:09You are going to clear
18:10Alina's name.
18:11Live.
18:12What?
18:13No!
18:13Dad, my influencer deals!
18:15My agency will drop me!
18:16Do it!
18:17Or get out!
18:20The live stream
18:21officially started.
18:23Because mom was on camera,
18:25viewership absolutely exploded.
18:32She took my hand
18:33and drew me closer
18:34to her side.
18:35Hello, everyone.
18:36I'm back.
18:38And allow me to introduce you
18:39to my daughter.
18:41My actual biological daughter,
18:44Alina Sterling.
18:48Sebastian,
18:49care to explain?
18:50He paused for a second.
18:52Then,
18:54he finally caved.
18:56Rosalyn is right.
18:58Alina is our real daughter.
19:00Evelyn is adopted.
19:03I got her from a group home
19:04ten years ago.
19:05The other day,
19:06Alina stole Alina's necklace.
19:08It was a priceless family heirloom
19:11from my wife.
19:12Alina barged in
19:13because she was defending
19:14her property.
19:15I jumped to conclusions.
19:16I was wrong.
19:26I have been a terrible father.
19:29I blamed Alina
19:30for Rosalyn being gone.
19:33I took that pain
19:34out of my own daughter.
19:35And I never should have
19:37brought Evelyn
19:37into our home
19:38when Alina needed me most.
19:40So, as of today,
19:42I am legally
19:43severing ties with Evelyn.
19:51Dad!
19:52The next day,
19:54Dot Evelyn
19:54was kicked out of my home.
19:56She cried the whole way out,
19:58dragging her suitcase,
19:59still hoping Dad
20:00would change his mind.
20:02He didn't even look at her.
20:07Dad thought Mom and I
20:08would forgive him.
20:09But I was completely done.
20:11And so was Mom.
20:12We packed our bags
20:14and walked right out
20:15of the mansion.
20:16All we left behind
20:17were signed divorce papers
20:19on his desk.
20:21Our new place
20:22wasn't like that mansion,
20:24but it felt like
20:25a real, warm home.
20:27Mom decorated
20:28my bedroom perfectly.
20:29Soft blankets,
20:31bright lighting.
20:32When I opened the closet,
20:33it was full of new clothes.
20:35In the latest styles,
20:37I never told her
20:38the dark details
20:39of the last ten years.
20:40And she never asked.
20:42But Mom just knew.
20:44She could see
20:45every invisible spar.
20:47Evelyn and Dad
20:48left on me.
20:49The day we moved in,
20:51she pulled me
20:51into her arms.
20:52Elena,
20:53I will never let
20:54anyone hurt you again.
20:56I rested my head
20:57on her shoulder.
20:58For the first time
20:59in my life,
21:00I felt safe.
21:02I know, Mom.
21:05Evelyn's friends
21:05at school bullied her.
21:07Give the girl an Oscar.
21:08Faking it as a billionaire
21:09heiress for ten years?
21:10You stole her mom's necklace.
21:11You literally hijacked
21:12her entire life.
21:14I want my Cartier bracelet back.
21:16It was twenty grand.
21:17She probably pawned it.
21:18How else is a broke orphan
21:19paying tuition?
21:21Didn't you claim
21:22Sebastian was paying
21:23for Elena's charity fund?
21:26You are totally sick.
21:33Back off!
21:35You're crossing a line!
21:37She looked desperately
21:37at Brock across the room.
21:39Please.
21:39She wanted him
21:40to play the hero again.
21:41Brock completely
21:42avoided her eyes.
21:43Crossing a line?
21:44That's cute
21:45coming from you.
21:45You treated us
21:46like garbage for years
21:47based on a lie.
21:48Now you want us
21:48to play nice?
21:49We're mean.
21:50So what?
21:51Then a half-empty yogurt
21:52flew at her.
21:56They all burst out laughing.
22:03I stood by my desk
22:04completely numb.
22:06I didn't even look
22:07at the mess
22:08in the center of the room.
22:10I just quietly packed
22:11the last of my textbooks.
22:13I knew exactly
22:14what these kids were doing.
22:15They were torturing Evelyn
22:17just to kiss my ass.
22:18But I didn't care anymore.
22:23She had already signed
22:25my transfer papers.
22:26She was waiting
22:26for me outside.
22:28No goodbye.
22:29No glance back.
22:32I walked out
22:33of the classroom.
22:34The divorce
22:35dragged on for months.
22:37Dad fought it
22:38tooth and nail.
22:39He begged
22:39for Mom's forgiveness
22:40every single day.
22:42And when none of it worked,
22:44he even hurt himself
22:45just to make her stay.
22:49I thought about it
22:50for a long time.
22:51Finally,
22:51I told Mom
22:51to drop the divorce.
22:52The last ten years
22:53were between me and him.
22:54You two still love each other.
22:56I'll be leaving
22:56for college soon anyway.
22:58I knew she still loved him.
22:59When she first came back,
23:00she said he was
23:01half her world.
23:02I couldn't stand
23:02seeing her so miserable.
23:06Elena,
23:07you never used
23:07to be like this.
23:09You used to be
23:10so loud.
23:11So demanding.
23:12You owned the room.
23:14If you didn't get your way,
23:15you threw a fit.
23:16Now you just walk
23:17on eggshells.
23:18You shrink yourself
23:20just to keep the peace.
23:21What did he do to you?
23:25What did he turn
23:26my daughter into?
23:31How could I ever
23:32forgive him for that?
23:36On your birthday,
23:38were you really just
23:39diving for that necklace?
23:40Or did you want
23:41to stay under?
23:42If I hadn't come back
23:43in time,
23:44when I saw the dead
23:45look in your eyes
23:46at the hospital,
23:47it terrified me.
23:49Outside the door,
23:50a shadow paused.
23:52It was dad.
23:53Then he quietly
23:55walked away.
23:57New school,
23:58new life.
24:00Classmates were nice
24:01to me.
24:02No plastics,
24:03no toxic gossip.
24:05I actually made
24:06real friends.
24:07They saw my family's
24:08viral drama
24:09all over TikTok.
24:11They knew exactly
24:12who I was,
24:13but they totally
24:14respected my boundaries.
24:16They never pushed
24:17for the traumatizing
24:18details.
24:19It used to be
24:20dead average.
24:21When I spent
24:22ten years terrified
24:23in my own house,
24:24grades didn't matter.
24:26Mom didn't care
24:27about my GPA.
24:28She just wanted me
24:29to finally breathe.
24:31But I wanted
24:32to get to Harvard.
24:35That's when she
24:36went all in.
24:37So,
24:38Mom pulled some strings
24:39and hired elite
24:40private tutors.
24:41I worked hard
24:42every single night
24:43by finals.
24:43I pulled straight A's.
24:46Mom was over the moon.
24:49She cooked
24:50my favorite dishes.
24:51She bought a big cake.
24:55She snapped a picture
24:56of my report card
24:57for Instagram.
25:00Second later,
25:01a notification popped up.
25:03My dad's official
25:04corporate account
25:05liked the post.
25:09The college decisions
25:11dropped.
25:13I stared at the laptop screen
25:15and broke down.
25:16I got accepted
25:17into my dream university.
25:19Two years ago,
25:20I was the girl
25:21everyone ignored.
25:22I was a bullied outcast
25:24rotting in a literal
25:26maid's room.
25:27No idea
25:28what tomorrow
25:29looked like.
25:30Now,
25:31I had a real home.
25:33A mom who loved me
25:34and I actually
25:35had a future.
25:37As always.
25:39Mom posted
25:40my acceptance letter
25:41online.
25:42Her millions of followers
25:43flooded the comments
25:44with love.
25:48But the very
25:49next morning,
25:50it was the police.
25:53Sebastian Sterling
25:54was dead.
25:55Dad left
25:56everything to me.
25:57Company shares,
25:58property,
26:00cash.
26:00Then he took
26:01his own life.
26:02He left
26:03exactly two letters.
26:05One for mom,
26:06one for me.
26:07I opened mine.
26:09Just two words.
26:12I'm sorry.
26:13The paper was warped,
26:16streaked with blood
26:17and blurried by tears.
26:18I looked at it
26:19for a long time.
26:21No relief.
26:23No anger.
26:27Maybe...
26:30Maybe we were never
26:31meant to be
26:31father and daughter.
26:35Evelyn showed up
26:37at Dad's funeral.
26:38Two years
26:38had hollowed her out,
26:40hair tangled,
26:41unwashed,
26:41eyes red,
26:43swollen.
26:44Gone was the girl
26:45who played heiress.
26:46Are you happy now,
26:48Elena?
26:48He's dead!
26:49Look at me!
26:49Are you thrilled?
26:51When Dad kicked her out,
26:53he gave her
26:53a massive payout.
26:56Enough to cover
26:57a full college ride.
26:59She blew the entire
27:01bag in a month.
27:03I heard rumors
27:04she dropped out entirely.
27:06Now she danced
27:07for nickels
27:07on Twitch streams.
27:09People constantly
27:10trolled her live feeds
27:11about the scandal.
27:13She just screamed
27:14at the chat for tips.
27:16Yeah, I am.
27:17Honestly,
27:19I hope you hit
27:20rock bottom.
27:21You're a total psycho!
27:24Takes one to know one.
27:25If Dad were here,
27:27he'd destroy you
27:28for treating me like this.
27:30You still think
27:31he was ever on your side?
27:32He loved me!
27:33He always protected me!
27:34He only kicked me out
27:35because your bitch mother
27:36manipulated him!
27:37If he loved you so much,
27:39why didn't he leave you
27:40a single dime?
27:41He left everything to me.
27:43Money,
27:43property,
27:44even the ground
27:45you're standing on
27:46right now.
27:46She went still.
27:47For once,
27:48she had nothing to say.
27:49I walked right past her.
27:51Behind me,
27:52she broke down sobbing.
27:53I kept going.
27:58Up ahead,
27:59Mom was waiting.
28:00I was never looking
28:01back again.
28:02Just moving forward
28:04with Mom.
28:05The future was mine
28:06to write.
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