My Mother, the True Heiress, Died in a Car Accident When I Was 10

: My Mom Is the Real Heiress

My mom was the true heiress. She died in a car crash when I was ten.

Thus ended the tragic life she'd led since being kidnapped.

The False Heiress took everything that belonged to my mom.

After my mom died, she took my dad, too.

She told me, "Darling, from now on, I'll be your mother."

I nodded obediently.

She fed me, clothed me, and paid for my college education.

Until I came of age and sent her and my dad to prison with my own two hands.

Outsiders said to me, "You're so heartless."

It was so absurd, I had to laugh.

Can a conscience pay for a life? Can it bring my mom back from the dead?

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"Darling, from now on, I'll be your mother."

When Elara Sterling said this, she was pregnant, and her hand was holding that of a girl older than me.

As if oblivious to my hateful glare, she just kept smiling softly as she reached out to stroke the top of my head.

"Your mother wandered for so many years, only to pass away after just a few good days."

"Faye, you must be strong, so you can enjoy this hard-won life for your mother."

I could clearly see the mockery and triumph in her smile.

Of course. She, who should have been a butcher's daughter in the mountains, had become the beloved Young Miss of the Sterling Family.

Not only that, but she was now the rightful Mrs. Crawford.

How could Elara Sterling not be triumphant?

But what had the original Mrs. Crawford, the true Young Miss of the Sterling Family—my mom—done wrong?

Elara Sterling had stolen her place, and she'd been kidnapped and sold to the remote mountains, where she lived a wretched life for over a decade.

When my mom finally made it back to the Sterling Family, she was met with ostracism from her own relatives, who were protecting The False Heiress!

Then she met my dad. My mom thought she had finally found salvation, but she never imagined she was falling onto a blade woven from lies!

My dad was worried that if my mom returned to the Sterling Family, she would steal the affection that belonged to Elara Sterling, so he deliberately married her.

While my mom was gradually falling into this beautiful dream, my dad was cheating on her with Elara Sterling behind her back, even getting her pregnant with Helena Crawford!

And the Sterling Family knew all about it!

I clenched my fists, my whole body trembling with rage, but I didn't expect Elara Sterling to be so frightened that she took two steps back.

Helena Crawford shoved me to the ground.

"You little monster without a mom, don't you dare bully my mother!"

Elara Sterling quickly pulled Helena Crawford behind her, her eyes red as she sobbed.

"Lena, don't be like that. Faye is your younger sister. She's lost her mother, you have to be more understanding."

As soon as she said that, angry expressions appeared on the faces of everyone in the living room.

"How is that uncouth creature worthy of you treating her so well?!"

"You practically gave your heart to that mother and daughter, and what did she do?! She actually tried to kill you with a knife?!"

"She deserved to get in a car crash and be smashed to a pulp!"

My dad's heart ached for her, and he quickly helped Elara Sterling to the sofa.

"Elara, from now on, you are the mistress of the Crawford family. You don't have to be so timid."

Uncle Sterling doted on her and, by extension, gently took Helena Crawford by the hand, his eyes filled with tenderness.

"That's right. You and Thomas Crawford have finally made it through the bitter times. As your big brother, I couldn't be happier for you."

Seeing this heartwarming scene, Grandfather and Grandmother Sterling's eyes reddened with emotion.

"Elara, you can rest assured. The Sterling Family will always have your back."

I stood apart from it all, coldly watching this scene of happy family reunion, feeling how little my mother and I had mattered.

If true feelings are trampled upon, then it's better not to have them at all.

I slowly got to my feet and looked up at the delicate woman on the sofa, surrounded and fawned over by everyone.

'Then I'll just have to be the executioner.'