Todos los capítulos de My Family Left Me for Dead: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

"I want the necklace that woman's wearing!"A sharp shriek cut through the room.I followed the source of the screeching and saw my younger sister, Serena Carter, pointing at the sapphire necklace around my neck. She clung to our parents, whining, "Dad, didn't you say you'd get it for me as a birthday present?"My father, Derek Carter, beamed at her indulgently. "Easy there, Serena. I'll get it for you."My mother, Heidi Langford, gazed at her with doting affection. "You wear the necklace far better than she ever could."The three of them stood there in ill-fitting formalwear, completely out of place among the elite gathered at the event.Serena stomped to me in her heels. "Hey, I want that necklace on your neck! Name your price."I ignored her, gently swirling the champagne in my glass.Her face flushed red, her voice turning shrill. "Are you deaf? I'm talking to you! My dad already promised me that necklace. How dare you not give it to me, you thief!"I finally looked up at

The murmurs around them made Derek and Heidi visibly uncomfortable, their expressions shifting between pale and flushed. However, Derek wasn't about to let this stand, so he shouted at the crowd, "Everyone, don't misunderstand! We've been wronged! It's her!" He suddenly pointed at me. "She stole my daughter's necklace! We were just trying to take it back!"Heidi immediately followed his lead, bursting into tears. "That's right! That necklace was my daughter's favorite! We promised we'd get it for her! Lo and behold, this woman stole it from us! "When we tried to reason with her, she even had people beat us! Oh, my poor Natalie… you died so tragically…"They were twisting the truth, trying to win sympathy.Serena caught on quickly and began to cry as well, her face tear-streaked and pitiful. "Natalie… I miss you so much… That necklace you loved so much… Did you forget you buried it under the desert rose? "You said that you would wear it when you marry your beloved once we get h

Heidi's scream hit the room like an explosion. Every gaze instantly turned to me. They bore at me and then at Heidi, who seemed on the verge of madness.Derek and Serena were both stunned, staring at me with a mixture of shock and fear.Maria's expression shifted slightly. She tightened her grip on my hand and asked in a low voice, "Eliana, she…"I squeezed her hand in return, giving her a reassuring look before meeting Heidi's bloodshot eyes, speaking calmly, "I'm afraid you have the wrong person. My name is Eliana Sherwood.""No!" Heidi shook her head frantically, tears and snot running down her face. "I wouldn't get it wrong! Absolutely not! Your brows, the mole at the corner of your eye… They're exactly the same as my daughter's! And your eyes!"Her voice grew even sharper as if she was recalling something. "The way you looked at me just now was exactly the same as when she was little after we locked her outside! Her eyes had been so cold and so full of hatred!"Her words mad

My gaze was as cold as ice.What they owed me wasn't just a life. They owed me every bit of pain and every nightmare I had suffered over the past 10 years. I would ruin them and strip them of everything they had. I would let them see what it felt like to be abandoned by the entire world.…Over the next week, the Carters shot to notoriety.They accepted interview after interview from major media outlets, tearfully recounting the hardships of searching for their missing daughter for ten long years.In their version of the story, I became a rebellious, ungrateful girl who had run away from home over something trivial, only to be lured away by a wealthy family. As for them? Well, they painted themselves as the patient, loving parents who had never once given up on their child.Public opinion exploded. Countless netizens, unaware of the truth, were taken in by their performance and began condemning me without restraint."This Eliana girl is unbelievable. She has such great parents

Heidi even stopped crying as she stared at me in confusion.I didn't respond to them. Instead, I turned to the large screen. "Now, please turn your eyes to the screen to watch, or rather, listen to a recording."I pressed play.Derek's smug, calculating voice immediately echoed through the entire venue. "Remember to dress modestly tomorrow… Make sure you cry—the more pitiful, the better… Once we show the public that we're related, everything the Sherwood family owns will become ours!"When the recording ended, the hall fell into a deathly silence. Everyone stared at the stunned Carters on the stage, whose faces shifted from flushed cheeks, ecstatic with joy, to pale with shock before finally settling on an ashen, livid green."That's… That's fabricated! She's framing us!" Derek was the first to snap out of it, pointing at me as he shouted hoarsely.Heidi followed with a shrill scream. "That's right! It's fake! We never said those things! She's trying to drive a wedge between the