The Heiress They Bullied

't have hit Selena if she hadn't provoked

mask of indifference. With a dismissive glance at my

u're threatening to call the police just to make a scene and squeeze out more money. I don't have the time or

led the check back at her. "We'll let the law decide what we're ow

utting like glass. "You think you can drag m

he police station. Instead, we returned to the hospital, but the situation only got worse.

longer needs inpatient care for he

ther surgery! The doctor said s

tached. "Your doctor has decided not to proceed with

hospital was refusing to treat me, even as other beds

on all this time-perfectly fine jus

nearest hospital. But every time we registered my name, t

y whose hand w

pair radiating from his every movement. "This is too mu

," my mother said softly. "

ospital, tiny flakes settling on our cl

ns losing everything. I'll make sure your hand gets treated." My fa

tched into their faces, the quiet

he guilty ones walking free while

home, only to find our door pried open and our

her face pale with shock. "How a

way to show us how powerless we truly were. Lindsay's mot

in her hands. My father stood silent, his fists clenched t

ing?" my mother cried, g

oared. "Those bastards! I refuse to be

ed the wreckage of our home. "We're just ordinary people. We can't fight them. Maybe... maybe we sh

, he silently righted the overtur

g our best to clean up the chaos. Later

ome rest. Don't worry about anything. No matter

ng, tears stream

to confront the Francis family directly. Anxiety churned in my stomach as the hours

Francis family had already done,

body covered in filth. The stench was overwhelming,

ed?!" I cried, ru

ly, backing away. "I'm filthy. Let me

ad clearly

let him brush it off. "Dad, plea

d me to let go, afraid to dirty me with the

down, crying together in

oked out between sobs. "I fai

own tears. "It's my fault. I shoul

g his head firmly. "You've done nothing wrong

including the details of how my fath

to trembling fists. "They grabbed me and threw me into a cesspit. I tr

. "Were there any witnesses besides you?

property, so there was no chance of obtaining security foo

investigate, but weeks

n me being rushed to the hospital, the school's surveillance cameras had mysteriously malfunction

on was met with resistance. The lawyer we had painstakingly secured

ifficult than we coul