Chapter 3

Gloria Swanson was too consumed by grief for her lost daughter to even look at Lily. Her husband Eugene, however, was suggestible. He not only gave Lily the Swanson name but even named her Betty, delighted with his new replacement daughter.

When Betty saw me, her eyes were full of disgust.

Trying to humiliate me in front of everyone, she sneered, "I heard you're going to wear that cheap pin at the wedding to please my mom. Is marrying into money really worth groveling like that? Don't you have any self-respect?"

I rolled my eyes. "If I remember right, your…