The Black Sheep Has Arrived — Episode 7

Hazel, Elliot and Serena both went to top schools. It's only right that they get property. If you got one too, when you didn't even finish college, it wouldn't be fair to I set down my fork and let out a small laugh.

So the way this family divides property is by GPA, not by how many biological children you The table went dead silent. My mother's face flushed red. Her palm came down on the table hard enough to rattle the glasses.

Hazel! Ten years not so much as a phone call and you walk into this house and start attacking me? If I'd known you'd turn out this ungrateful, I should have given you up for adoption at the hospital! Exactly like ten years ago, the day my mother saw my SAT score report. The mug flew straight at my forehead, hit hard enough to split the skin above my eyebrow. Blood ran down the side

of my face and dripped onto the hardwood. She'd worn the same expression. The one thing I regret in this life is not giving you up at the hospital. It would have saved me the embarrassment. 10 years was long enough to give up

on whatever thin sliver of maternal love I'd once hoped for. Right now, I didn't feel a thing. My father tried to smooth things over.

You know how your mother is. She says things she doesn't mean. Don't take it personally. He forced a laugh and changed the subject.

Serena, I got my hands on a bottle of Macallan 25 through a friend. We'll give it to Mr. Ashford tomorrow. He'll love it.

Serena smiled tightly. Something guarded moved behind her eyes. Dad, Mr. Ashford might not be able to make it.