After falling from their pedestal overight, the cracks in the Fuller family’s unity began to show in every <b>aspect </b>of their lives.
Gone were the <b>days </b>of luxury, where their needs were provided at their beck and call. There were no more maids at <b>their </b>service, <b>nor </b>were there grand disys of status when they walked out.
Having to deal with such frustrations, Ka’s temper grew worse by the day. Slowly, she stopped <b>pretending </b>to be the sweet, obedient girl.
She used to be thrilled about driving <b>our </b>Felicia, the true heiress, smugly dreaming of taking everything the Fuller family had. But now, all her schemes had failed miserably, leaving her back at square one.
She mmed the door so hard that it echoed through the house. As she stared at the house that <b>was </b>several times smaller than her previous one, her fury only deepened. This ce wasn’t even asrge <b>as </b>the bathroom of her old <b>bedroom</b>!
From outside the door, Myra tried to coax her, speaking softly, “just bear with it for now. Things s will get better. Your dad and I will make it up to you.”
<b>“</b><b>Yeah</b>, whatever,” Ka replied half–heartedly
After the sound of footsteps faded, she smirked and reached into her pocket, pulling out an object.
It was neatly folded into a square. As she carefully unfolded it, the object revealed itself to be an ancient <b>and </b>mysterious <b>map</b><b>. </b>
“Good thing I’m not like you guys. Something like this has to stay with me, <b>of </b>course…”
A smile crept across her face while her eyes <b>burned </b><b>bright </b><b>with </b>ambition
When she failed to dissuade the Fuller couple <b>from </b>treating the map like a hot potato and <b>getting </b><b>rid </b>of it, she didn’t press the matter. novelbin
However, after they went to bed that night, she crept into their room and swapped the real map with a hastily drawn replica
<b>Did </b>she not consider the consequences? Of <b>course</b>, she did, but she didn’t care.
If the mess spiraled out of control, that would be due to Dexter and Myra’s ipetence! It had nothing <b>to </b>do with her!
Her only concem was securing something of value for herself. She believed she waspletely justified in doing so.
The most important issue now was the map’s destination. Whaty at the end of the path?
Linked to the stars, the map indicated a location that resembled an isted ind on the ocean.
What could be on that ind? What kind of treasure did the legends speakof<b>? </b>
She absolutely had to visit the ce for herself <b>as </b>opportunities like this were care. But first, she needed to figure out how to slip away unnoticed.
Before she coulde up with a n, she <b>was </b>gued by her frustrations. The present didn’t align with the “past life” that she dreamed of Many things seemed to have changed<b>.. </b>
In the dream of her past lite, the Fuller family’s bankruptcy crisis should have been resolved by now, and she would’ve also sessfully captured Arnold’s heart. Then..
She felt a sudden jolt, her eyes lighting up with <b>a </b>sudden tash of <b>rity</b>.
She remembered now!
<b>In </b>her dream, she had orchestrated a staged ident at this exact point in time. She faked an incident of her falling into the sea and then pinned the me on Felicia!
Ultimately, Felicia was kicked out of the Fuller family and thrown into prison.
Although the current Fuller family had gone bankrupt and she no longer needed to fight desperately for Myra and Dexter’s favor or inheritance, Felicia remained <b>a </b>potential threat.
If Felicia <b>wasn’t </b>dealt with, who could say if an even more severe deviation from <b>her </b>destined path might ur in the <b>future</b>?
Clutching the map tightly, Ka’s lips curled into a ister grin,
Falling into the sea… <b>That </b>was a great n!