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00:00has hated me for 10 years on my sixth birthday mom disappeared you are a jinx he blamed me for
00:06her disappearance you don't look like your mother at all he hated my face because it looked nothing
00:10like hers he adopted a girl who's a dead ringer for mom evelyn voss he put her on reality tv
00:16paraded her on late night shows she is the sole sterling air air me i sleep in the maid's quarters
00:23i wear her hand-me-downs he let her bully me let her frame me she pushed me into the
00:30pool when i
00:31couldn't swim serves you right for a long time i believed him until my 16th birthday the day mom
00:38came home three days before my birthday every year dad throws evelyn a huge party on my birthday
00:44everyone at my prep school got an invite elena don't worry maybe the butler miscounted and missed
00:50one i kept my head down kept riding didn't even blink even apologizing to her you're being too
00:57nice evelyn that's why she keeps walking all over seriously she's the maid's daughter freeloading
01:02at your mansion your dad pays for everything and she repays you by stealing if i were you i'd kick
01:07her to the curb what a jerk such a jealous bitch be glad she's not coming she just ruined the
01:13night
01:14oh come on stop elena shouldn't work it's her birthday too remember elena i really
01:20wanted you to cut the cake with me but daddy said no after what you did you can't blame him
01:25for
01:25hating you i hurled my pen straight at her face back off broke jumped up and shoved me to the
01:32floor
01:32my forehead slammed into the corner of a desk the whole class just watched smirking from elementary
01:41school to high school evelyn turned everyone against me and they made this into a game for fun
01:46but i didn't care about being a loner i cared about mr collins calling a parent meeting for monday
01:53brock's mom showed up and defended him without hesitation brock was just trying to help everyone
02:00saw elena throw that pen at evelyn sweetheart are you okay did she hurt you anywhere her eyes cut back
02:09to
02:09me that girl is unstable she doesn't belong here who knows what psycho things she'll do next
02:15i stood there blood dripping down my face i thought to myself if mom were here she'd rip them apart
02:22for
02:22me instead i had dad he didn't even glance at my bleeding head he just checked evelyn's perfect face
02:29for scratches go home
02:38you know evelyn has a tv shoot tomorrow and you aim for her face
02:45elena rosalyn was a saint how did she give birth to something so vicious
02:50sometimes i wonder if you're even hers was ruining your mom not enough now you're coming for evelyn
02:56i looked at dad his face was twisted with disgust but 10 years ago he wasn't like this when mom
03:04was
03:04alive he adored me he poured everything into me though he always wished i looked more like her
03:10he named me elena i was the treasure of the family he bought me custom dresses hand-picked jewelry
03:18for my fifth birthday he gave me an estate a kid pushed me in kindergarten once dad was furious
03:26he forced the family to apologize then he hired private coaches to teach me self-defense if anyone
03:32bullies you you hit back i don't care who it is mom and dad will always have your back elena
03:36always
03:37and now the man was holding his evelyn like i was nothing to him
03:49get back to your room don't come out until i say so he never asked about the wound on my
03:54forehead
03:55and i never found the courage to tell him to see mr collins
04:00he wouldn't show up for me anyway for the last 10 years he's only sat in the parents row
04:06for evelyn they locked me in my room all night by morning the cut on my forehead was infected
04:15i sneak out for the first aid kit i pushed open the door and walked straight into a literal film
04:21crew cameras boom mics blinding ring lights they had taken over our living room dad was sitting on
04:28the sofa with evelyn he wore a warm loving smile a smile i hadn't seen in 10 years as a
04:33billionaire
04:34ceo how do you balance work and raising such a perfect daughter evelyn makes it easy she's my only
04:39girl i'll always make time for her daddy is the absolute best
04:47but we haven't been to europe yet this year anything you want princess paris it is right
04:54after your birthday my mind went blank i'd seen this act too many times to cry still i couldn't
05:00stop myself from thinking about 10 years ago i used to cling to mom's arm just like that
05:06she gave me her favorite antique emerald necklace
05:11keep it safe elena grandma gave this to me
05:16her eyes had looked so sad back then evelyn rosalind was a hollywood legend
05:22is your late mother the reason you want to go into acting the room went still mom's name used to
05:28be
05:28taboo anyone who brought her up usually got fired but today was evelyn's big reality tv debut
05:34dad was paving her way to stardom evelyn lowered her eyes looking heartbreakingly sincere
05:41i miss my mom all the time i want to act to feel closer to her legacy then she took
05:48something out
05:48of her pocket this was the necklace she left me whenever i'm sad i look at it and it feels
05:55like
05:55she's still with me i stared at it anger rose in me that was my necklace mom gave it to
06:01me for 10
06:02years evelyn stole my entire life my room my clothes my birthday dad but that necklace was the only thing
06:09i had left i lunged forward and snatched it from her hand elena who the hell let you out elena
06:17what
06:18are you doing when did you steal that necklace i checked my jewelry box every single night it was
06:25there yesterday all these years no one cared whether i lived or died the necklace was the only
06:32thing that kept me going when i held it i could feel mom hugging me proof that i was loved
06:38once
06:39steel what are you talking about elena have you lost your mind we're live streaming go to hell with
06:46your live streaming that's my mother's necklace why does she get to take it and my mother isn't dead
06:53shut your mouth evelyn she didn't leave that behind mr sterling who is this girl evelyn panicked
07:00looking at dad for a save she's just a maid's daughter i held the necklace in my hand a freezing
07:09chill ran down my spine the first time he disowned me to the entire world evelyn's panic disappeared
07:15a smug gleam flashed in her eyes she reached out to grab the necklace back if you want jewelry i'll
07:21buy
07:21you a diamond whatever you want but this is my mom's i can't give it to you give it back
07:27that's
07:27the last thing my mom gave me give it back i yanked the chain evelyn let go she let go
07:33on purpose
07:36the necklace hit the marble floor the green emerald shattered into jagged pieces i stumbled back
07:42my mind went entirely blank the very last piece of my mom gone are you satisfied now you psycho
07:50get out elena how could you i didn't hear a word of it i dropped to my knees on the
07:57cold marble i
07:59scrambled to pick up the broken green shards the pieces cut into my fingers my tears hit the wounds
08:06hot and stinging
08:11i went viral the bad kind the live stream clip blew up overnight everyone pitied sebastian and evelyn
08:19i was public enemy number one classmates flooded the comments playing the insider sources they spun a
08:27shiny new narrative i was just a troubled foster kid the sterlings took me in out of pity and i
08:33had
08:34bullied evelyn for years i stopped reading there rosaline was my mother if mom were still here
08:42would she feel sorry for me or would she stand with evelyn just like dad did i don't look a
08:48single
08:48thing like her evelyn is her spitting image and i was the reason mom went missing in the first place
08:57it was evelyn's birthday party the whole class was there they came to my door mocking me from the
09:04hallway calling me a freak to defend evelyn i was locked inside on dad's orders he stood outside the
09:12door elena how could you do this to your mother that necklace was her prized possession do you know
09:18how hard evelyn worked for that tv spot if rosa auchin saw the monster you've become she'd regret ever
09:22having you his footsteps faded down the hall then the lock clicked evelyn strode in holding a spare key
09:32so elena how did it feel being called the maids trash on live tv she circled me like a vulture
09:41you've got zero shame staying here you killed your mom dad hates you he wishes you were dead
09:49he just won't say it out loud i didn't answer i just stared out the window the estates's lake was
09:55lined with party tents balloons champagne towers a take mountains of designer gift boxes it was the
10:02birthday party of my dreams the party i was promised 10 years ago every single year i watched her live
10:07my life someone called for evelyn to cut the cake my silence pissed her off elena i'm talking to you
10:14why didn't you die with your mother she snatched the broken emerald pieces from my hand and threw
10:20them out the window down into the deep dark lake my brain completely short-serted i didn't even think
10:25i climbed onto the windowsill and i jumped gasps and screams echoed from the party below
10:30freezing water flooded my lungs everything went dark but right before i lost consciousness
10:35i swear i heard a voice elena mommy's right here
10:40i thought i was dead then i opened my eyes and saw the one face i'd missed for 10 years
10:47mom she looked almost exactly the same mom i was terrified she would vanish if i blinked
10:56i'm right here baby tell me did someone push you before i could answer mom it was just an accident
11:04we were just playing and she fell that's when i realized the room was full evelyn the estate doctor
11:11and dad dad was staring at mom who the hell are you i only have one daughter evelyn's fake smile
11:19dropped she looked at dad in a panic my mother followed her gaze sebastian you'd better explain
11:29is this your secret daughter darling no i swear evelyn is adopted adopted mom let out a bitter
11:37cutting laugh she looked at evelyn's mu mu dress then my dusty room you treat a stranger's kid better
11:45than your own flesh and blood i've been gone 10 years sebastian and you shoved my daughter in a broom
11:52closet and the luxury party outside today is elena's birthday
11:59why is her name on the banners rosalyn please i'll fix it right now
12:06pack elena's things move her back to the master quad
12:10what about miss evelyn's things throw them in a guest room i don't care
12:14daddy evelyn burst into real ugly tears rosalyn is this okay
12:23mom looked down at me waiting for my lead that was when i knew mom really come back mom i
12:30choked
12:30out i don't want to stay here can you take me with you i will as soon as you feel
12:36better we're gone
12:43i used to dream about this moment always when sebastian blamed me without even hearing my side
12:50but as the years dragged on i stopped hoping i thought i drove mom away when i was six i
12:57thought
12:57she hated me too but now she was really here squeeze into my tiny lumpy twin bed holding me tight
13:04apologizing over and over 10 years ago i didn't leave you by choice she was taken far away and
13:11trapped for years fought like hell to come back to you everyone thought she was gone for good
13:17but i never gave up on coming home and to make it back to me she paid a terrible price
13:28mom you're not leaving me again right
13:34she held me tighter no i am never letting you go elena out in the hallway the floor bones gave
13:41a
13:42heavy creak dad was standing right outside the door listening in the dark mom shot a dark warning
13:48look at the door frame then she stroped my hair go to sleep baby when you wake up mom will
13:54still be
13:55right here my mother heard what my classmates did to me the next morning she came to school with me
14:02for years i had taken the bus alone the family driver was only for evelyn but this morning was
14:10different a sleek black suv blocked our path down the driveway rosalyn let me drive you in elena
14:19evelyn stood in the doorway her face stiff with jealousy her things had already been moved out
14:26everyone in the house knew that she was losing her place
14:30no thanks are you sure the maid's trash is allowed in your pristine car i'm sorry rosalyn i can explain
14:38the live stream elena stormed in and caused a scene i was just blind with rage i didn't mean to
14:44caused a scene her heirloom was stolen she was just taking it back i mean can you really blame her
14:50sebastian that was my mother's necklace you knew exactly what it was
14:58her eyes grew red with furious tears remembering the viral comments
15:05dad hurried out of the car i was a total bastard i'll make it up to elena i swear
15:13make it up to her you're a complete stranger to her we don't need your pity come on elena
15:19mom grabbed my hand we walked right past him we got into the car
15:27dad's suv trailed slowly behind us all the way to school thanks to evelyn's smear campaigns
15:40elena no parents again i warned you last time if your parents don't show up today i'm drawing up
15:48your expulsion papers i am elena's mother and i want the little punk who pushed my daughter brought
15:54in here right now he is going to apologize in 10 years i had never had a parent showed up
16:00no parent teacher nights no school plays nothing
16:04oh my god you're rosalind vale i grew up watching your movies
16:13but wait aren't you married to sebastian sterling isn't his only daughter evelyn
16:22sebastian sterling is insane
16:25he treats a stranger's kid like pure gold
16:30and throws his own flesh and blood to the wolves
16:37i'm not sorry i was being a good guy she threw a pen at evelyn first
16:44i'm sorry ma'am if anyone's to blame blame me he was just standing up for me so really
16:51it's all my fault don't try that act on me i'm not sebastian you think i'd throw my own daughter
16:57under the bus for you i knew you didn't like me ma'am but you don't have to call me
17:02an actor
17:03i know exactly what you are you stole her birthday celebration you hijacked her life
17:08you told the whole school she was the maid's trash
17:11i know exactly what you whispered to her that day by the lake
17:16i didn't say it dad did he said alina was the maid
17:22shut your mouth evelyn shut your pages
17:29one more word and you'll get out
17:35sorry alina they practically shoved his face into the floor
17:39we are so sorry alina he will never bother you again
17:44what is wrong with sebastian steret
17:46spoiling a random orphan treating his actual kid like garbage
17:49no wonder the poor girl has no friends
17:52dad heard every single word his shoulders completely froze
17:57alina
18:00who else bullied you tell daddy
18:02you know exactly who's been torturing her
18:06the internet is still tearing her apart because of that live stream are you playing blind sebastian
18:11you're done for the day we are going home we are turning on the camera
18:14you are going to clear alina's name live
18:17what no dad my influencer deals my agency will drop me
18:21do it or get out
18:26the live stream officially started
18:29because mom was on camera
18:30viewership absolutely exploded
18:37she took my hand
18:39and drew me closer to her side
18:40hello everyone
18:42i'm back
18:43and allow me to introduce you
18:45to my daughter
18:46my actual biological daughter
18:49alina sterling
18:53sebastian
18:54care to explain
18:55he paused for a second
18:58then
18:59he finally caved
19:02rosalyn is right
19:03alina is our real daughter
19:06evelyn is adopted
19:08i got her from a group home
19:10ten years ago
19:10the other day
19:11evelyn stole alina's necklace
19:14it was a priceless family heirloom
19:16from my wife
19:17alina barged in
19:18because she was defending her property
19:20i jumped to conclusions
19:22i was wrong
19:31i have been a terrible father
19:35i blamed elena for rosalyn being gone
19:38i took that pain out of my own daughter
19:41and i never should have brought evelyn into our home
19:43when elena needed me most
19:46so as of today
19:47i am legally severing ties with evelyn
19:56dad
19:56the next day
19:59dot evelyn was kicked out of my home
20:01she cried the whole way out
20:03dragging her suitcase
20:05still hoping dad would change his mind
20:08he didn't even look at her
20:12dad thought mom and i would forgive him
20:15but i was completely done
20:17and so was mom
20:19we packed our bags
20:20and walked right out of the mansion
20:22all we left behind
20:23were signed divorce papers
20:25on his desk
20:27our new place
20:28wasn't like that mansion
20:30but it felt like a real
20:32warm home
20:33mom decorated my bedroom perfectly
20:35soft blankets
20:36bright lighting
20:37when i opened the closet
20:39it was full of new clothes
20:41in the latest styles
20:42i never told her
20:44the dark details
20:44of the last ten years
20:46and she never asked
20:48but mom just knew
20:50she could see every invisible spar
20:53evelyn and dad left on me
20:55the day we moved in
20:57she pulled me into her arms
20:58elena
20:59i will never let anyone hurt you again
21:01i rested my head on her shoulder
21:04for the first time in my life
21:06i felt safe
21:07i know mom
21:11evelyn's friends at school bullied her
21:13give the girl an oscar
21:14faking it as a billionaire heiress for ten years
21:16you stole her mom's necklace
21:17you literally hijacked her entire life
21:19i want my cartier bracelet back
21:22it was twenty grand
21:23she probably pawned it
21:24how else is a broke orphan paying tuition
21:27didn't you claim sebastian was paying
21:30for elena's charity fund
21:32you are totally sick
21:39back off
21:41you're crossing a line
21:43she looked desperately at brock across the room
21:45please
21:45she wanted him to play the hero again
21:47brock completely avoided her eyes
21:49crossing a line
21:50that's cute coming from you
21:52you treated us like garbage for years based on a lie
21:54now you want us to play nice
21:55we're mean
21:56so what
21:57then a half empty yogurt flew at her
22:03they all burst out laughing
22:09i stood by my desk
22:10completely numb
22:12i didn't even look at the mess in the center of the room
22:16i just quietly packed the last of my textbooks
22:19i knew exactly what these kids were doing
22:21they were torturing evelyn just to kiss my ass
22:24but i didn't care anymore
22:30she had already signed my transfer papers
22:32she was waiting for me outside
22:34no goodbye
22:35no glance back
22:38i walked out of the classroom
22:41the divorce dragged on for months
22:43dad fought it tooth and nail
22:45he begged for mom's forgiveness
22:47every single day
22:49and when none of it worked
22:50he even hurt himself
22:52just to make her stay
22:55i thought about it for a long time
22:57finally i told mom to drop the divorce
22:59the last 10 years were between me and him
23:01you two still love each other
23:02i'll be leaving for college soon anyway
23:04i knew she still loved him
23:06when she first came back
23:07she said he was half her world
23:08i couldn't stand seeing her so miserable
23:13elena you never used to be like this
23:15you used to be so loud
23:18so demanding
23:19you owned the room
23:20if you didn't get your way you threw a fit
23:23now you just walk on eggshells
23:25you shrink yourself just to keep the peace
23:28what did he do to you?
23:31what did he turn my daughter into?
23:38how could i ever forgive him for that?
23:43on your birthday
23:44were you really just diving for that necklace?
23:47or did you want to stay under?
23:49if i hadn't come back in time
23:50when i saw the dead look in your eyes at the hospital
23:53it terrified me
23:55outside the door
23:56a shadow paused
23:58it was dad
24:00then he quietly walked away
24:04new school
24:05new life
24:06classmates were nice to me
24:08no plastics
24:10no toxic gossip
24:11no toxic gossip
24:12i actually made real friends
24:14they saw my family's viral drama
24:16all over tiktok
24:18they knew exactly who i was
24:20but they totally respected my boundaries
24:22they never pushed for the traumatizing details
24:26it used to be dead average
24:28when i spent 10 years terrified in my own house
24:31grades didn't matter
24:33mom didn't care about my gpa
24:35she just wanted me to finally breathe
24:38but i wanted to get to harvard
24:42that's when she went all in
24:44so mom pulled some strings
24:46and hired elite private tutors
24:48i worked hard every single night by finals
24:50i pulled straight a's
24:53mom was over the moon
24:56she cooked my favorite dishes
24:58she bought a big cake
25:02she snapped a picture of my report card for instagram
25:07second later a notification popped up
25:09my dad's official corporate account liked the post
25:17the college decisions dropped
25:20i stared at the laptop screen and broke down
25:23i got accepted into my dream university
25:26two years ago
25:27i was the girl everyone ignored
25:29i was a bullied outcast
25:32rotting in a literal maid's room
25:34no idea what tomorrow looked like
25:37now
25:38i had a real home
25:40a mom who loved me
25:42and i actually had a future
25:44as always
25:46mom posted my acceptance letter online
25:49her millions of followers flooded the comments with love
25:56but the very next morning
25:58it was the police
26:00sebastian sterling was dead
26:03dad left everything to me
26:05company shares
26:06property
26:07cash
26:08then he took his own life
26:10he left exactly two letters
26:12one for mom
26:13one for me
26:15i opened mine
26:17just two words
26:19i'm sorry
26:20the paper was warped
26:23streaked with blood
26:25and blurried by tears
26:26i looked at it for a long time
26:29no relief
26:31no anger
26:34maybe
26:37maybe
26:38maybe we were never meant to be father and daughter
26:44evelyn showed up at dad's funeral
26:46two years had hollowed her out
26:48hair tangled
26:49unwashed
26:49eyes
26:50red
26:51swollen
26:51gone was the girl who played heiress
26:54are you happy now elena
26:56he's dead
26:57look at me
26:57are you thrilled
26:59when dad kicked her out
27:01he gave her a massive payout
27:04enough to cover a full college ride
27:07she blew the entire bag in a month
27:11i heard rumors she dropped out entirely
27:13now she danced for nickels on twitch streams
27:17people constantly trolled her live feeds about the scandal
27:21she just screamed at the chat for tips
27:24yeah i am
27:25honestly
27:27i hope you hit rock bottom
27:29you're a total psycho
27:32takes one to know one
27:34if dad were here he'd destroy you
27:36for treating me like this
27:38you still think he was ever on your side
27:40he loved me
27:41he always protected me
27:42he only kicked me out because your bitch mother manipulated him
27:45if he loved you so much
27:47why didn't he leave you a single dime
27:48he left everything to me
27:51money
27:51property
27:52even the ground you're standing on right now
27:54she went still
27:55for once
27:56she had nothing to say
27:57i walked right past her
27:59behind me
28:00she broke down sobbing
28:01i kept going
28:06up ahead
28:07mom was waiting
28:08i was never looking back again
28:10just moving forward with mom
28:12the future was mine to write
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