Chapter 4

Mother answered, "Silly child, you're home. I'm your mother. After we got your call, we immediately put people on the Doltons.

"I never expected Maxwell, that bastard, to have the nerve to drag my precious daughter to the hospital to save his mistress."

Listening to her, I felt an odd, steady calm and gripped her hand. 'My good days come back.'

After nine years apart, the elders had clearly aged.

The car accident from back then had been secretly plotted by our family's enemies; the ringleader was already in prison, but everyone at home had been told I was dead.