Chapter 5

My name was Serena Hart, and I had the happiest family of four.

My parents were deeply in love, and my brother spoiled me rotten. Life was simple and perfect.

But one day, Dad brought home another woman and her daughter, claiming they were supposed to be his family.

Mom couldn't handle it. On my birthday, she swallowed a whole bottle of pills and never woke up.

Andrew and I became kids nobody wanted, and we ended up living with our aging grandma.

Unable to forgive Dad, Andrew and I both took our mom's surname—Mason.

With Dad cutting us off,…