Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase Novel

Chapter 686: "Damn, I've never felt this mad. If I saw Rosanna right now, I'd slap her!" "A thief and a liar at such a young age? And you had the nerve to frame someone else? Rosanna, where's your sense of decency?" "Poor Maia. She was just a pawn in their twisted game. Four years in prison, and now she's being dragged back into the Morgan family mess? Thinking about how trapped she must have felt is enough to make me sick." Right then, Richard felt like the life had been sucked right out of him. "This isn't real..." he whispered. His voice trembled as he tried to make sense of what he saw.

"It can't be Rosanna. She couldn't have done it... How could she?" The girl he had spent years shielding and defending had shattered every illusion. And yet it was Maia - the same girl he dismissed, ridiculed, and treated as less than family - who turned out to be blameless. His knees buckled under the weight of the truth, and he nearly collapsed. Without warning, Sandra shoved him aside as her legs gave out beneath her. Her gaze stayed fixed on the screen while her trembling hand clamped over her mouth. She muttered in disbelief, "Our daughter...

how could she do something like this..." Whatever light had once lived in her eyes had vanished, and the realization hit her with brutal force. Maia, the one she saw as an outsider and humiliated time and again, was innocent. Meanwhile, Rosanna, the biological daughter she had cherished and defended without question, was the one behind it all. Sandra had forced Maia to admit her mistakes more than once, making her kneel, repent, and take the blame for faults that weren't hers at all. Each memory of that cruelty began to weigh heavily on her soul.

Only now did Sandra grasp the painful truth - they had spent years shielding the monster they should have stopped. Her fingers shook as they slowly lifted, eventually hiding her face behind them out of humiliation. What they faced now was a truth so brutal it cut like a blade, leaving both Richard and Sandra emotionally torn open. Your storytelling destination is gαℓησνs․com In another part of the hall, Vince sat stiffly in his seat, completely paralyzed by what he had just witnessed. Looking at Maia on stage became almost unbearable.

This was the same Maia who once loved him without hesitation. The Maia who took care of him, cooked for him, gave him pieces of herself. What kind of heartbreak must have broken her down and turned her into someone unrecognizable? He had been present when the Radiant Jewels' necklace vanished. Still, when the fingers pointed at Maia, he suspected her too and sided with Rosanna without even questioning it. Not once did he speak up for Maia. He stayed silent every single time. . . .