After vanishing for eighteen years, a young woman returns home to discover she is the heir to a vast fortune. Her sudden reappearance draws the attention of her former best friend, whose motives may not be as friendly as they seem.
So you're my rich mom? I looked for her for 18 years, and that was the first thing she said to me. She'd just finished knocking a boy down on the sidewalk. He was still trying to get up.
Hair in three colors, both arms covered in ink, a ring through her lip. She blew smoke into my face. A second girl came out from behind her. Small, neat, black hair cut clean at the shoulder.
Hello? I'm Chloe. Chloe? I'm Nora's best friend.
That was when I saw them. The comments. They scrolled across the inside of my lenses and left to right, like God, Chloe is hot!
Next up, the mom takes pity on Chloe and adopts her. Then sweet, brilliant Chloe wins over the whole fam- I read it twice, according to whoever was writing this. My daughter was not the daughter.
She was filler. An NPC. She didn't even get a name. But I couldn't have cared less.
I just wanted my daughter back. back. Nobody else's. I stepped in to hold Nora. She pushed me back. If you want me coming home with you, Chloe comes too. Chloe was already moving. Please don't be angry, ma'am. Sonny's been running the street since she was little.
Nobody ever taught her how to act around people. Obedient, sensible, the true heroine. I