Chapter 3
As she spoke, she placed a tray before me.
On the tray were some stomach medicine and a bowl of warm
oatmeal.
I swallowed hard, and although the woman seemed familiar, I kept my guard up as I looked at her.
I asked, “Who are you, and why are you bringing me food?”
The woman’s eyes widened as she looked at me in disbelief.
“Ms. Claire Evans, don’t you remember me?” she asked.
I nodded slightly and told her about my apparent memory loss.
The concern in her eyes grew even more profound.
If she hadn’t told me she was Nora Haven, the housemaid, I would have thought she was my actual family member.
After all, the people who locked me in that dark room hadn’t even treated me like a human being, let alone shown any concern for me.
I thanked Nora and took the stomach medicine, then picked up the bowl of oatmeal and began taking big gulps.
It was just plain oatmeal, but I had no idea how long I’d been starving.
“Take it easy. There’s more in the kitchen if you need it.
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Nora’s face was filled with terror.
I turned to look at the girl standing in the doorway.
She wore a silk nightgown, with smooth hair falling perfectly down her back. It was meticulously styled.
I glanced down at myself, wearing just a cheap cotton T–shirt that cost maybe twenty bucks, with my dry, split–ended hair and arms as skinny as twigs.
Compared to this little princess Sienna, I didn’t look like an Evans family heiress.
As I was lost in thought, Sienna let out a cold laugh and slapped Nora across the face.
“This is my house. Who will tell me where I can and can’t go?
“You’re nothing but a servant. How dare you try to boss me around?”
She acted incredibly arrogant, utterly different from the delicate flower she pretended to be in front of the Evans family.
I caught a glimpse of venom in her eyes and saw she was about to strike again, so I instinctively stepped in front of Nora.
Sienna stopped, giving me a challenging smirk.
“Claire, you still don’t know your place in this family!”
She grabbed a bowl from nearby and smashed it hard against the floor..
The sharp sound echoed clearly through the zmiał wieki
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“You’re just a nanny! Who are you to meddle in the Evans family’s business? Take your things and get out!”
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They rushed upstairs after Sienna without glancing at me, worried she might do something foolish in her distress.
Only Nora and I remained in the dark room.
“Claire…”
Nora’s voice broke as she sobbed, her eyes filled with unmistakable pain for me.
“I’m so sorry… If I hadn’t been so careless with the baby switch, none of this would have happened.”
“You’re not the one who needs to apologize.” I shook my head.
She wasn’t the only one involved in the baby switch, but at least she had cared enough to become a nanny for the Evans family to be near her child.
The Evans family, on the other hand, kept hurting me over and over, even though I was already the one who had lost everything.
I started to feel grateful that I had lost all my memories of these people.
If I were still my old self, foolishly waiting for my family’s love, I would only be more hurt.
After all, in the eyes of the Evans family, I was just an outsider, worth less than Sienna’s little finger.
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“What did you just call her?”
Two voices rang out simultaneously–one filled with excitement, the other with disbelief.
Lyla, who had come to check on the commotion between Rylan and me, had caught those words as they left my mouth.
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