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00:00Dad has hated me for 10 years.
00:02On my 6th birthday, Mom disappeared.
00:05You are a jinx.
00:06He blamed me for her disappearance.
00:08You don't look like your mother at all.
00:09He hated my face, because it looked nothing like hers.
00:12He 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.
00:46Everyone 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.
00:58You're being too nice, Evelyn.
00:59That's why she keeps walking all over you.
01:01Seriously, she's the maid's daughter.
01:03Freeloading 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'd just ruin the night.
01:15Oh, come on.
01:16Stop.
01:17Elena shouldn't work.
01:18It's her birthday too, remember?
01:20Elena, I really wanted you to cut the cake with me.
01:22But Daddy said no.
01:24After what you did, you can't blame him for hating you.
01:27I hurled my pen straight at her face.
01:29Back off!
01:31Broke jumped up and shoved me to the floor.
01:33My forehead slammed into the corner of a desk.
01:36The 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.
01:47But 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.
01:58Broke was just trying to help.
02:00Everyone 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.
02:10That girl is unstable.
02:11She doesn't belong here.
02:13Who knows what psycho things she'll do next?
02:15I stood there, blood dripping down my face.
02:19I 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.
03:10He named me Elena.
03:12I was the treasure of the family.
03:14He bought me custom dresses.
03:17Hand-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.
03:26He forced the family to apologize.
03:28Then he hired private coaches
03:29to teach me self-defense.
03:31If anyone bullies you,
03:32you hit back.
03:33I don't care who it is.
03:34Mom and dad will always have your back, Elena.
03:36Always.
03:36And now,
03:38the 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,
03:55and I never found the courage
03:56to tell him to see Mr. Collins.
04:00He wouldn't show up for me anyway.
04:02For the last ten years,
04:04he's only sat in the parents' row
04:06for Evelyn.
04:07They locked me in my room all night.
04:09By morning,
04:11the cut on my forehead was infected.
04:14I sneak out for the first aid kit.
04:16I pushed open the door
04:18and walked straight into a literal film crew.
04:21Cameras,
04:22boom 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,
04:34how 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.
04:47But we haven't been to Europe yet this year.
04:50Anything you want, princess.
04:52Paris it is,
04:53right after your birthday.
04:53My mind went blank.
04:56I'd seen this act too many times to cry.
04:58Still, I couldn't stop myself.
05:00From thinking about ten years ago,
05:03I 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.
05:15Her 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
05:32big reality TV debut.
05:34Dad was paving her way to stardom.
05:36Evelyn lowered her eyes,
05:37looking heartbreakingly sincere.
05:40I miss my mom all the time.
05:42I want to act
05:43to feel closer to her legacy.
05:46Then,
05:46she took something out of her pocket.
05:48This was the necklace she left me.
05:50Whenever I'm sad,
05:52I look at it,
05:53and it feels like she's still with me.
05:55I stared at it.
05:56Anger rose in me.
05:58That was my necklace.
05:59Mom gave it to me.
06:00For ten years,
06:02Evelyn stole my entire life.
06:04My room.
06:04My clothes.
06:05My birthday.
06:06Dad.
06:07But that necklace
06:08was the only thing I had left.
06:10I lunged forward
06:11and snatched it from her hand.
06:13Elena!
06:14Who 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
06:22every single night.
06:23It was there yesterday.
06:25All these years,
06:27no one cared whether I lived or died.
06:29The necklace was the only thing
06:31that kept me going.
06:32When I held it,
06:34I could feel Mom hugging me.
06:36Proof that I was loved once.
06:38Steel?
06:39What are you talking about?
06:41Elena,
06:41have you lost your mind?
06:42We're live streaming.
06:43Go to hell
06:44with your live streaming.
06:47That's my mother's necklace.
06:48Why does she get to take it?
06:50And my mother isn't dead.
06:52Shut your mouth, Evelyn.
06:53She didn't leave that behind.
06:55Mr. Sterling,
06:56who is this girl?
06:58Evelyn panicked,
07:00looking 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 to grab the necklace back.
07:18If you want jewelry,
07:19I'll buy you a diamond.
07:21Whatever you want.
07:22But this is my mom's.
07:23I can't give it to you.
07:25Give it back!
07:26That's the last thing my mom gave me!
07:28Give it back!
07:28I yanked the chain.
07:30Evelyn let go.
07:31She let go on purpose.
07:35The necklace hit the marble floor.
07:37The green emerald shattered
07:38into jagged pieces.
07:40I stumbled back.
07:41My mind went entirely blank.
07:43The very last piece of my mom.
07:45Gone.
07:47Are you satisfied now, you psycho?
07:49Get out!
07:50Elena!
07:51How 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.
08:00The pieces cut into my fingers.
08:03My tears hit the wounds.
08:05Hot and stinging.
08:09I went viral.
08:11The bad kind.
08:12The livestream clip
08:13blew up overnight.
08:15Everyone pitied
08:16Sebastian and Evelyn.
08:18I was public enemy number one.
08:21Classmates flooded the comments,
08:23playing the insider sources.
08:24They spun a shiny new narrative.
08:26I was just a troubled foster kid.
08:29The Sterlings took me in
08:30out of pity.
08:31And I had bullied Evelyn
08:33for years.
08:34I stopped reading there.
08:38Rosaline was my mother.
08:39If mom were still here,
08:41would she feel sorry for me?
08:43Or 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.
08:51And I was the reason mom went missing
08:53in the first place.
08:54It was Evelyn's birthday party.
08:57The whole class was there.
08:59They came to my door,
09:01mocking me from the hallway,
09:03calling me a freak
09:04to defend Evelyn.
09:06I was locked inside,
09:08on dad's orders.
09:09He stood outside the door.
09:11Elena, how could you do this
09:12to your mother?
09:13That necklace was her
09:14prized possession.
09:15Do you know how hard Evelyn
09:16worked for that TV spot?
09:17If Rosa Ockens saw the monster
09:19you've become,
09:20she'd regret ever having you.
09:22His footsteps faded down the hall.
09:26Then, the lock clicked.
09:28Evelyn strode in,
09:29holding a spare key.
09:31So, Elena,
09:32how did it feel?
09:34Being called the maid's trash
09:36on live TV?
09:37She circled me like a vulture.
09:39You've got zero shame
09:41staying 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.
09:49I didn't answer.
09:50I just stared out the window.
09:52The estates' lake
09:53was lined with party tents,
09:54balloons,
09:55champagne towers,
09:56a take,
09:57mountains of designer gift boxes.
09:59It was the birthday party
10:00of my dreams.
10:01The 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!
10:13Why didn't you die
10:14with your mother?
10:15She snatched the broken
10:16emerald pieces from my hand
10:17and threw them out the window,
10:19down 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 echoed
10:27from the party below.
10:29Freezing water flooded my lungs.
10:30Everything went dark.
10:31But right before
10:32I lost consciousness,
10:33I swear I heard a voice.
10:35Elena, mommy's right here!
10:38I thought I was dead.
10:40Then, I opened my eyes
10:42and saw the one face
10:43I'd missed for ten years.
10:45Mom.
10:47She looked almost
10:48exactly the same.
10:50Mom?
10:51I was terrified
10:52she would vanish
10:52if I blinked.
10:54I'm right here, baby.
10:56Tell me,
10:56did someone push you?
10:57Before I could answer.
10:59Mom!
11:00Mom, it was just an accident.
11:01We were just playing,
11:03and she fell.
11:04That's when I realized
11:05the room was full.
11:07Evelyn, the estate doctor,
11:09and 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 in a panic.
11:20My mother followed her gaze.
11:22Sebastian,
11:24you'd better explain.
11:26Is this your secret daughter?
11:28Darling, no!
11:30I swear!
11:31Evelyn is adopted!
11:33Adopted?
11:33Mom let out a bitter,
11:35cutting laugh.
11:36She looked at Evelyn's
11:37mu-mu dress,
11:38then my dusty room.
11:40You treat a stranger's kid
11:42better than your own
11:43flesh and blood?
11:44I've been gone
11:45ten years, Sebastian.
11:47And you shoved my daughter
11:48in a broom closet?
11:50And the luxury party outside?
11:53Today is Elena's birthday!
11:56Why is her name
11:58on the banners?
11:59Rosalind, please!
12:00I'll fix it right now!
12:03Pack Elena's things!
12:05Move 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!
12:12Daddy!
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,
12:25Mom really come back.
12:26Mom, I choked out.
12:28I don't want to stay here.
12:30Can you take me with you?
12:31I will.
12:33As soon as you feel better,
12:35we're gone.
12:40I used to dream
12:41about this moment.
12:43Always.
12:44When Sebastian blamed me
12:45without even hearing my side.
12:47But as the years dragged on,
12:49I stopped hoping.
12:51I 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.
12:57Squeeze into my tiny,
12:58lumpy twin bed.
12:59Holding me tight.
13:01Apologing over and over.
13:03Ten years ago,
13:04I didn't leave you by choice.
13:06She was taken far away
13:08and trapped for years.
13:09Fought like hell
13:10to come back to you.
13:12Everyone thought she was gone
13:13for 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, Elena.
13:36Out in the hallway,
13:38the 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
13:45at the door frame.
13:46Then she stroked 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,
13:57she 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
14:09blocked our path
14:10down the driveway.
14:11Rosalyn,
14:12let 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
14:25losing her place.
14:27No thanks.
14:28Are you sure
14:29the maid's trash
14:30is allowed
14:31in 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.
14:38I was just blind
14:39with 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
14:46blame her?
14:47Sebastian!
14:48That was my mother's
14:49necklace!
14:50You knew exactly
14:51what it was!
14:54Her eyes grew red
14:56with furious tears,
14:57remembering the
14:58viral comments.
15:01Dad hurried out
15:02out of the car.
15:04I was a total bastard.
15:07I'll make it up
15:08to Elena,
15:09I swear.
15:09Make it up to her?
15:11You're a complete
15:12stranger to her.
15:13We don't need
15:14your pity.
15:15Come on, Elena.
15:16Mom grabbed my hand.
15:18We walked right past him.
15:20We got into the car.
15:23Dad's SUV
15:24trailed slowly behind us,
15:27all the way to school.
15:28Thanks to Evelyn's
15:30smear 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 don'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
15:50brought in here right now.
15:51He is going to apologize.
15:54In ten years,
15:55I had never had a parent
15:56showed up.
15:57No parent-teacher nights,
15:58no school plays,
16:00nothing.
16:02Oh my God!
16:03You're Rosalind Vale!
16:05I grew up watching
16:05your movies!
16:07I grew up watching your movies!
16:10But wait,
16:11aren't you married
16:12to Sebastian Sterling?
16:14Isn't his only daughter,
16:15Evelyn?
16:18Sebastian Sterling
16:19is insane.
16:22He treats a stranger's kid
16:23like pure gold
16:26and throws
16:27his own flesh
16:29and blood
16:29to the wolves!
16:33I'm not sorry.
16:34I was being a good guy.
16:36She threw a pen
16:36at Evelyn first.
16:39I'm sorry, ma'am.
16:41If anyone's to blame,
16:43blame me.
16:44He was just
16:44standing up for me.
16:46So 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
16:53under the bus for you?
16:54I knew you didn't
16:55like me, ma'am.
16:57But you don't have
16:57to call me an actor?
16:59I know exactly
17:00what you are.
17:00You stole her
17:01birthday celebration.
17:03You hijacked her life.
17:04You told the whole school
17:06she 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.
17:14Dad did.
17:14He said Alina
17:15was the maid's...
17:18Shut your mouth, Evelyn!
17:20Shut your pages!
17:25One 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
17:38bother you again.
17:40What is wrong
17:41with Sebastian Sturrett?
17:42Spoiling a random orphan
17:43treating his actual
17:44kid like garbage.
17:45No wonder the poor girl
17:46has no friends.
17:47Dad heard every single word.
17:49His shoulders
17:50completely 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
18:05blind, Sebastian?
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 live.
18:12What?
18:13No!
18:14Dad, my influencer deals!
18:15My agency will drop me!
18:17Do it!
18:17Or get out!
18:20The live stream
18:21officially started.
18:24Because Mom
18:25was on camera,
18:26viewership
18:26absolutely exploded.
18:32She took my hand
18:33and drew me closer
18:35to her side.
18:35Hello, everyone.
18:37I'm back
18:38and allow me
18:39to introduce you
18:40to my daughter.
18:41My actual
18:42biological daughter,
18:44Alina Sterling.
18:48Sebastian,
18:49care to explain?
18:51He paused
18:51for a second.
18:53Then,
18:54he finally caved.
18:57Rosalyn is right.
18:58Alina is our
18:59real daughter.
19:01Evelyn is adopted.
19:03I got her
19:04from a group home
19:04ten years ago.
19:06The other day,
19:07Evelyn stole
19:08Alina's necklace.
19:09It was a priceless
19:10family heirloom
19:11from my wife.
19:12Alina barged in
19:13because she was
19:14defending her property.
19:15I jumped to conclusions.
19:17I was wrong.
19:19I was wrong.
19:20I was wrong.
19:22I was wrong.
19:23I was wrong.
19:24I was wrong.
19:24I was wrong.
19:26I have been
19:27a terrible father.
19:29I blamed Alina
19:31for Rosalyn being gone.
19:33I took that pain
19:34out of my own daughter.
19:36And I never should
19:37have brought Evelyn
19:38into our home
19:38when Alina needed me most.
19:41So, as of today,
19:42I am legally
19:43severing ties
19:44with Evelyn.
19:51Dad!
19:52Dad!
19:53The next day,
19:54Dot Evelyn
19:55was kicked out
19:55of my home.
19:56She cried the whole
19:57way out,
19:58dragging her suitcase,
20:00still hoping Dad
20:01would change his mind.
20:02He didn't even
20:03look at her.
20:07Dad thought Mom
20:08and I would forgive him.
20:10But I was completely done.
20:12And so was Mom.
20:13We packed our bags
20:15and walked right out
20:16of the mansion.
20:17All we left behind
20:18were signed divorce papers
20:19on his desk.
20:22Our new place
20:23wasn't like that mansion,
20:24but it felt like
20:25a real, warm home.
20:27Mom decorated
20:28my bedroom perfectly.
20:30Soft blankets,
20:31bright lighting.
20:32When I opened the closet,
20:34it was full of new clothes.
20:36In the latest styles,
20:37I never told her
20:38the dark details
20:39of the last ten years.
20:41And she never asked.
20:43But Mom just knew.
20:45She could see
20:45every invisible spar.
20:48Evelyn and Dad
20:49left on me.
20:50The day we moved in,
20:51she pulled me
20:52into her arms.
20:53Elena,
20:54I will never let
20:55anyone hurt you again.
20:56I rested my head
20:57on her shoulder.
20:58For the first time
21:00in my life,
21:00I felt safe.
21:02I know, Mom.
21:05Evelyn's friends
21:06at 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.
21:12You literally hijacked
21:13her entire life.
21:14I want my Cartier bracelet back.
21:16It was 20 grand.
21:17She probably pawned it.
21:18How else is a broke
21:19orphan paying tuition?
21:22Didn't you claim
21:23Sebastian was paying
21:24for Elena's charity fund?
21:26You are totally sick.
21:33Back off!
21:35You're crossing a line!
21:37She looked desperately
21:38at Brock across the room.
21:39Please.
21:40She wanted him
21:40to play the hero again.
21:42Brock completely avoided
21:43her eyes.
21:44Crossing a line?
21:44That's cute coming from you.
21:46You treated us like garbage
21:47for years based on a lie.
21:48Now you want us to play nice?
21:49We're mean.
21:50So what?
21:51Then a half-empty yogurt
21:52flew at her.
21:57They all burst out laughing.
22:03I stood by my desk
22:04completely numb.
22:06I didn't even look at the mess
22:08in the center of the room.
22:10I just quietly packed
22:12the last of my textbooks.
22:13I knew exactly
22:14what these kids were doing.
22:16They were torturing Evelyn
22:17just to kiss my ass.
22:18But I didn't care anymore.
22:24She had already
22:25signed my transfer papers.
22:26She was waiting
22:27for me outside.
22:28No goodbye.
22:30No glance back.
22:32I walked out
22:33of the classroom.
22:35The divorce
22:36dragged on for months.
22:37Dad fought it
22:38tooth and nail.
22:39He begged for Mom's
22:40forgiveness
22:41every single day.
22:42And when none
22:43of it worked
22:44he even hurt himself
22:46just to make her stay.
22:49I thought about it
22:50for a long time.
22:51Finally I told Mom
22:52to drop the divorce.
22:53The last ten years
22:54were between me and him.
22:55You two still love each other.
22:56I'll be leaving
22:57for college soon anyway.
22:58I knew she still loved him.
23:00When she first came back
23:01she said he was
23:01half her world.
23:02I couldn't stand
23:03seeing her so miserable.
23:06Elena you never
23:07used to be like this.
23:09You used to be so loud.
23:12So demanding.
23:13You owned the room.
23:14If you didn't get your way
23:15you threw a fit.
23:16Now you just walk
23:17on eggshells.
23:19You 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?
23:37On your birthday
23:38were you really just
23:39diving for that necklace?
23:41Or 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
23:46in 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
24:01no plastics
24:03no toxic gossip
24:05I actually made
24:06real friends
24:07they saw my family's
24:09viral drama
24:10all over TikTok
24:11they knew exactly
24:12who I was
24:13but they totally
24:14respected my boundaries
24:16they never pushed
24:18for the traumatizing
24:19details
24:19it used to be
24:20dead average
24:21when I spent
24:22ten years
24:23terrified in my own
24:24house
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 mom pulled
24:39some strings
24:39and hired elite
24:40private tutors
24:41I worked hard
24:42every single night
24:43by finals
24:44I pulled straight A's
24:46mom was over
24:48the moon
24:49she cooked
24:50my favorite dishes
24:51she bought
24:52a big cake
24:55she snapped
24:56a picture
24:57of my report card
24:58for Instagram
25:00second later
25:01a notification
25:02popped up
25:03my dad's
25:04official corporate
25:05account liked
25:06the post
25:10the college
25:11decisions dropped
25:13I stared at the
25:14laptop screen
25:15and broke down
25:16I got accepted
25:17into my dream
25:18university
25:19two years ago
25:20I was the girl
25:21everyone ignored
25:23I was a bullied
25:24outcast
25:25rotting in a
25:26literal maid's
25:27room
25:27no idea what
25:29tomorrow looked
25:29like
25:30now
25:31I had a real
25:32home
25:32a mom who
25:34loved me
25:34and I actually
25:36had a future
25:37as always
25:39mom posted my
25:40acceptance letter
25:41online
25:41her millions
25:43of followers
25:43flooded the
25:44comments with
25:45love
25:48but the very
25:49next morning
25:51it was the
25:52police
25:53Sebastian
25:54Sterling was
25:54dead
25:55dad left
25:56everything to
25:57me
25:57company shares
25:58property
25:59cash
26:00then he took
26:02his own life
26:02he left
26:03exactly two
26:04letters
26:05one for mom
26:06one for me
26:07I opened
26:08mine
26:09just two
26:10words
26:12I'm sorry
26:13the paper
26:14was warped
26:16streaked
26:17with blood
26:17and blurried
26:18by tears
26:18I looked at
26:19it for a long
26:20time
26:21no relief
26:23no anger
26:26maybe
26:30maybe we were
26:31never meant to
26:32be father and
26:32daughter
26:36Evelyn showed
26:37up at dad's
26:37funeral
26:38two years
26:39had hollowed
26:39her out
26:40hair tangled
26:41unwashed
26:42eyes red
26:43swollen
26:44gone was the
26:45girl who
26:45played heiress
26:46are you happy
26:47now Elena
26:48he's dead
26:49look at me
26:50are you thrilled
26:51when dad
26:52kicked her out
26:53he gave her
26:54a massive
26:54payout
26:56enough to
26:57cover a full
26:58college ride
27:00she blew
27:00the entire
27:01bag in a
27:01month
27:03I heard
27:04rumors she
27:05dropped out
27:05entirely
27:06now she
27:07danced for
27:07nickels on
27:08twitch
27:08streams
27:09people
27:10constantly
27:10trolled her
27:11live feeds
27:11about the
27:12scandal
27:13she just
27:14screamed at
27:14the chat
27:14for tips
27:16yeah I
27:17am
27:18honestly
27:20I hope
27:20you hit
27:21rock bottom
27:21you're a
27:22total
27:22psycho
27:24takes one
27:25to know
27:25one
27:26if dad
27:26were here
27:27he'd
27:27destroy
27:28you
27:28for treating
27:29me like
27:30this
27:30you still
27:31think he
27:31was ever
27:32on your
27:32side
27:32he loved
27:33me
27:33he always
27:34protected
27:34me
27:34he only
27:35kicked
27:35me out
27:35because
27:36your
27:36bitch
27:36mother
27:36manipulated
27:37him
27:37if he
27:37loved
27:37you so
27:38much
27:39why didn't
27:40he leave
27:40you a
27:40single
27:40dime
27:41he left
27:42everything
27:42to me
27:43money
27:43property
27:44even the
27:45ground
27:45you're
27:46standing
27:46on right
27:46now
27:47she went
27:47still
27:47for once
27:48she had
27:49nothing
27:49to say
27:49I walked
27:50right past
27:51her
27:51behind me
27:52she broke
27:52down sobbing
27:53I kept
27:54going
27:58up ahead
27:59mom was
27:59waiting
28:00I was never
28:01looking back
28:02again
28:02just moving
28:04forward with
28:04mom
28:04the future
28:06was mine
28:06to write
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