Yet somehow, I rose to the top. She clawed her way back into the limelight, and I went from forgotten child star to full-blown national treasure.
Consumed by jealousy and hatred, she strapped a bomb to her chest and blew us both sky-high right in the middle of my awards speech.
I died in the spotlight.
And when I opened my eyes again, everything had changed.
She'd stolen my place.
This time, she forced her way into the womb of the very woman she used to mock, my mother, and kicked me aside like trash.
"This time, I'll be the one getting all the love and praise!" she declared.
I laughed loud and hard.
She had no idea I'd come back with a cheat code. A built-in hack. The perfect weapon for surviving that twisted billionaire family.
The psycho foster brother? I could wrap him around my finger.
That glamorous celeb mom she idolized? She was the real monster hiding in plain sight.
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"My dearest sister," she sneered at me, full of fake sweetness, "enjoy being the new freak of the family!"
Before I could respond, she shoved me hard into the Underworld, diving headfirst toward the mirror that reflected a very pregnant woman—my mom.