Reclaiming Her Crown, One Step At A Time

our knees and say sorr

p and cold, resounding acros

s she tightened her grip on the voice recorder tucked inside her pocket. Her

ed daughter of the Moss family. She w

r own elder brother to kneel

ou be so cruel? You're utterly disgusting! I refuse to ac

y disg

he fought to hold back the tight, ach

d a glass from the table and threw it

n crashed on the floor, shatte

t instantly turned re

cut across her smooth leg, dr

. She just stood there a

e Gerard had shouted at h

, her voice light and gentle. "She didn't push me on purpose. It wa

g her, Willa? Have you thought about what would have happened if you end

Gerar

nding her. Come closer-le

Gerard. It'

al roles, Noelle felt a deep, dra

glass at her with no hesitation, leaving her leg bleeding. Did he think she couldn't be scarr

o rely on. Later on, an elderly couple, Jeffery and Babette Hobbes, took her in and raised her with

are you smirking at? Noelle, we made it clear when we brought you back two years ago-Willa was raised in this house. Even if you're not related by blood,

er lips, soft and rose-co

people. Jeffery and Babette had already passed away, and with no one left, she clung to the idea of reuniting with her family. She

ould to fit in. She'd put up with more tha

accepting what Willa rejected. She lived lik

the family would slowly start to accept her. That maybe he

praise for Willa and constant blame thrown

d her completely. "If only Noelle had died out the

lle had die

r heart like an iron fist. She co

family? What made her so unbearable to them that they wished she'd died before ever returnin

felt like an empty pond now. Th

t this family anymore. She didn't want to cha

as no pain, no sadness. Only calm. A strange kind of calm that

warned, "If you still won't kneel and apo

rike, a hand shot up a

s Noe

stoppe

ever fought back. She'd always accepted whatever punishment th

quiet, sarcastic laugh, her stunning face glowing wi

d. "Still lying? You

any emotion. "If I can show proof that I didn't push

'd misheard. Then his anger exploded. "You want

pt someone so sham

iting for Gerard to put Noelle in her place. But when she

nd of proof co

up, putting on a gentle act. "Gerard, please, do

his voice thunderous. "I want to see t

ly reached into her pocket and p

second, her face lost all color. A voice recorder. How h

say a word. Sh

nd of a sweet, carefully controlled voice filled t

ly recognized it

light. "Willa, why are you stan

that was Noe

t this time, her words were malicious. "Noelle, if I tell Gerard