CHAPTER 2: THE DAUGHTER THEY TRIED TO ERASE
The video continued.
My father sat inside his old office.
A younger Ethan stood beside him.
My mother was there too.
Richard’s voice was cold.
“She was supposed to disappear from the inheritance documents.”
My breath stopped.
People around me started whispering.
“Inheritance?”
“What is this?”
The video continued.
My mother spoke.
“She’s only a child. Nobody will believe her.”
My heart felt like it stopped.
Because I remembered that night.
I was eight years old.
I remembered crying.
I remembered hearing my parents arguing.
But I never knew why.
My father had told me I was imagining things.
He told me I was dramatic.
He told everyone I was unstable.
The video showed the truth.
Richard Bennett had changed legal documents after my grandfather’s death.
He removed my name.
He transferred everything to Ethan.
Professor Hughes covered her mouth.
“Oh my God…”
My father shouted.
“This is illegal evidence!”
I turned toward him.
“Funny.”
I smiled.
“Because you never cared about legality when you destroyed my life.”
He walked toward the stage.
Security immediately stepped forward.
“Mr. Bennett, please remain there.”
For the first time…
Someone stopped him.
Not me.
Not my mother.
Not fear.
The truth.
The video continued.
My mother’s voice appeared.
“She will never be successful enough to challenge us.”
A painful laugh escaped from me.
Because that was the biggest mistake they ever made.
They thought breaking me would make me weak.
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They never realized…
It made me impossible to control.
