Revenge Of The Neglected Heiress

g my eyes as Brittany sagged against

de. "Brittany, darling!

thmia' act, isn't it? Funny how it only flares up when she's not the

sed in supposed agony, fli

shrieked. "My daughter h

time Ava got that scholarship interview and Brittany suddenly had a 'blinding

ised I knew that. Th

school art club, and Brittany 'accidentally' spilled paint all o

able. "Those were... u

l we? Ava, your adoptive grandmother, the woman who actually raised you with love, needed surgery a coupl

. "That was...

u refused. You told her to 'get a better job if

e... she didn't get the surgery in tim

Even Eleanor looked

n, but Ava's actual, dying grandmother gets told to kick rocks by her own stepb

s a gross mischaracterization, y

y. Meanwhile, Ava was working three part-time jobs, barely sleeping, trying to scrape together enou

th down Ava's cheek. Sh

honest job is embarrassing? Or is it more embarrassing that a girl you claim as family was so neglecte

and systemic neglect exposed. Antagonist defle

s was almost fun, in a

he desired effect, slowly straightened up, a

ed coolly. "And I'm lear