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My Best Friend’s Heartless Daughter Swap

My Best Friend’s Heartless Daughter Swap

단편 작품 & 소설 · Emotional Realism
에:  Lynn Green참여
언어: English
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시놉시스

Revenge

Karma

Face Slapping

Girl Power

Hypocrisy

Homewrecker

Reborn

Feel-Good Story

Plot Twists

After giving birth early, memories from a different life flooded into my mind. In these memories, the daughter I had worked so hard to bring into the world was switched with hers. After that, I was told that my daughter had a congenital heart condition. I worked hard to raise her for eighteen years. In the end, I sold off all my assets so that she could have a heart transplant. Meanwhile, I had collapsed from all my efforts to care for her. Left with no choice, I wanted to tell my “daughter” that I was leaving this world, but I overheard her talking with my best friend. “That fool still thinks I’m her daughter. I was the one who poisoned her! Mom, once she dies and you get rid of that pretender, we can finally be together again!” That was when I found out my daughter had been swapped out, and that I had been giving my all to the perpetrator. When I next opened my eyes, pain radiated from my belly, and a nurse said, “Miss Scott, we’ve just learned that your daughter has a congenital heart condition.”

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Chapter 1

I had secretly sent someone off to help me carry out a maternity test.

The results proved conclusively that Agnes Beckett was not my daughter.

While acting unmoved, I had someone search for my actual daughter. At the same time, I stopped paying the fees for Agnes’ incubator.

My husband, Hadrian Beckett, arrived before my best friend, Liza Blair.

He held Agnes in his arms as he rushed into my ward. She was having difficulty breathing, and her face was turning blue.

“Are you insane, Rowena? You know that Aggie has heart problems, but you stopped paying her medical fees? Are you trying to kill her?”

I was just about to show him the maternity report and tell him that our baby had been switched. But when I glanced up and took a good look at his face, I was stunned.

Why had I never once suspected that Aggie was not my child in the previous timeline?

It was because she had looked so much like Hadrian.

Everyone said that daughters took after their fathers, and I had thought the same.

Yet, when I looked at the man I had been through so much with, I only felt a cold sensation starting up from my extremities.

I lowered my voice, and it shook as I said, “I talked to the doctor. Her chances of getting better from this condition are tiny. Even if we spend a fortune to treat her, she will always be weak and reliant on medical intervention. Her life will be painful. It would be better to… end things while she’s still young and innocent. She’ll suffer less that way.”

When Hadrian understood what I meant, he immediately yelled shrilly, “How could you be so heartless, Rowena? This is our daughter! The doctor already said that she has a chance as long as we’re willing to pay for it! Besides…”

Hadrian paused before resuming, “Didn’t your father leave you a lot of money? You’re saving your own daughter here. Don’t tell me you can’t bear to spend this money?”

My gaze sharpened. Ah, so this was the reason they had switched the babies.

Hadrian wanted me to spend my money to treat the daughter he had with his lover. He even expected me to expend all my time and effort to care for her.

In the previous timeline, I had been thoroughly fooled. Ignorant of the truth, that was exactly what I had done.

In the end, I had sacrificed all my money, my health, and even my life in exchange for their happy family.

I gave him a rueful smile. “Well, you’re right about that. If you want to treat her condition so badly, then you should spend your money to do it.”

I could not be bothered to look at him any longer. I turned around, intent on lying back in bed.

Just then, Agnes started crying. It was such perfect timing.

Hadrian seemed to find a great way to guilt me. Loudly, he announced, “Listen, the baby’s crying! She’s looking for her mother! You’re her mother, Rowena. How could you abandon her just because she’s a little sick? Are you so heartless?”

The ward door opened again. The nurse stopped at the door in the middle of doing her rounds, her unsure, judging, gaze stopping on me.

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Chapter 1
I had secretly sent someone off to help me carry out a maternity test.The results proved conclusively that Agnes Beckett was not my daughter.While acting unmoved, I had someone search for my actual daughter. At the same time, I stopped paying the fees for Agnes’ incubator.My husband, Hadrian Beckett, arrived before my best friend, Liza Blair.He held Agnes in his arms as he rushed into my ward. She was having difficulty breathing, and her face was turning blue. “Are you insane, Rowena? You know that Aggie has heart problems, but you stopped paying her medical fees? Are you trying to kill her?”I was just about to show him the maternity report and tell him that our baby had been switched. But when I glanced up and took a good look at his face, I was stunned. Why had I never once suspected that Aggie was not my child in the previous timeline?It was because she had looked so much like Hadrian. Everyone said that daughters took after their fathers, and I had thought the sam
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Chapter 2
Hadrian’s voice became louder, as if he wanted the whole floor to come over and watch. “Won’t you come and be the judge here? What kind of mother abandons her child because she is sick? I only wish to save the girl’s life, but this woman won’t even part with her money!”As Hadrian had hoped, several people poked their heads into the ward, and whispers started up. The gazes shot my way were either curious or disdainful. They were like knives in my back. Hadrian had brought this fight into the court of opinion. I had been turned into a cruel and heartless mother who would let my own daughter die. Meanwhile, he was the loving and dedicated father.I let out an abrupt laugh and reached out toward him. “You’re right. Give me the baby.”Hadrian was frozen for a moment. There was a flash of triumph in his eyes. He thought that I was too soft-hearted and had relented. He quickly passed Agnes to me. I held Agnes close in my embrace. She was so small, so light. She had the fra
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Chapter 3
As she spoke, Liza looked at Serena and put on a baby voice. She said, “Better to save that money and buy Serena more pretty dresses. Wouldn’t that be nice?”Hadrian was sitting to one side, looking at Liza and Serena with a smile on his face. It was as if he was truly enjoying the loving sight. I scoffed to myself. They were such a beautiful, happy family. I was eager to see how they would react when they found out that Agnes was their real daughter. When Serena turned ten, her heart condition was very stable because of the care I had taken in caring for her. Her face was rosy, and she was like any other child. Meanwhile, Agnes had suffered Liza’s poor treatment and neglect all these years. Her face was wan and jaundiced. She would start panting after only a few steps of walking. Worse, she had to do countless chores and cleaning up every day. She was so timid and looked nothing like the pampered princess from the previous timeline. Today, Serena had brought home yet an
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Chapter 4
Such a scene had happened countless times in the past decade. Yet, whenever I saw it play out before my eyes again, I felt a chill. Hadrian’s cold distance was much more terrifying to me than Liza’s violent rage.After all, whether or not I had switched the children back, the child being beaten and left on the floor was still his biological daughter.Even so, he had watched this happen soundlessly for ten years. …Serena’s tenth birthday was to take place the following day. The original plan was to take her for a day out at a new amusement park. However, I was unexpectedly awoken early in the morning by the noise of crying and shouting. It was Liza again. She had brought Agnes over to celebrate Serena’s birthday. For the crime of taking a second look at Serena’s pink sneakers, Liza was furiously scolding Agnes. When I went downstairs, I found Agnes with her coat ripped off, her skinny body littered with scars and injuries. Liza twisted Agnes’ ear painfully. “You we
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Chapter 5
Hadrian was frowning as well. His tone brooked no argument as he said, “Doctor, you must give the heart to Serena.”I looked at them both and took in the level of selfishness they were displaying. An epiphany dawned upon me.No matter what the circumstances were, Liza had raised Agnes for ten years, and she considered Liza her mother and had done so for an entire decade. Yet, Liza still chose to save the daughter she thought was hers: Serena. Even so, my heart would not soften. The suffering Agnes went through was the same suffering my own daughter had experienced in the previous timeline. At my silence, Liza came up and grabbed my sleeve. “Rowena, what are you waiting for? Save Serena! You have to save Serena! My girl is just a useless piece of trash. If she dies, what of it?”Liza’s voice echoed down the expansive hallway, attracting the strange looks of other visitors and the nursing staff alike. However, Liza ignored all this. There was deranged conviction on her face.
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Chapter 6
As Liza stared at the blood type information, her body began to shake uncontrollably. “No, it’s impossible… It’s impossible.”She mumbled to herself as she lunged toward the end of the bed. She clutched the file. “A? How could it be A?”Hadrian’s face was deathly pale. His mouth opened and closed, but he made no sound. He was staring at the blood type information, too.I got up and straightened my clothes languidly. “Two people with O-type blood can’t have a child with A-type blood. Everyone knows this.”Liza looked up furiously, her eyes bloodshot. “What did you do? You switched out this information, right? How evil you are, Rowena!”I chuckled. “You watched them like a hawk all through the surgery. Bloodtyping is something that has to be done before any surgery. The system will have all the records. How was I supposed to tamper with that?”Liza reacted as if struck, and she stiffened in place. I walked to the window and said with my back to them, “Ten years ago, the
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Chapter 7
There were other reports. These showed the results of the tests between Agnes and Liza, and Agnes and Hadrian. I put all three reports on the bedside table. Liza lunged over and picked up the report for her and Agnes. Her fingers were trembling so hard, and the paper creased from how hard she gripped it. Her gaze swept over all the technical terms and settled on the outcome.In the end, she collapsed into a heap on the floor. Hadrian also finished looking at his report. He closed his eyes and leaned his forehead against the wall. He was shaking minutely. “So… the girl who died on the operating table… was my daughter?”I raised an eyebrow. “That was your daughter. It was also Liza’s daughter. You were the ones who abandoned her.”Liza suddenly let out a pained howl. She slammed her head repeatedly on the floor. “My daughter! I killed her!”Hadrian opened his eyes. They were reddened and bloodshot. He looked at me. “You planned all this from the start. You got her
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Chapter 8
Liza reached out toward Hadrian as if he was her final lifeline. “Say something, Hadrian! Save me! You can’t let them take me away!”Hadrian pressed his lips tightly together. He glanced at the police officers and then at me.In the end, he avoided Liza’s gaze by ducking his head. In that second, the last shred of hope in Liza’s eyes went out. She stopped fighting back and let the police officers handcuff her. She was then brought out of the ward. However, when she brushed past me, she glared at me with bloodshot eyes and said hoarsely, “I’ll haunt you even as a ghost, Rowena. I won’t let you off.”I met her gaze openly. I said calmly, “I’m not afraid of you now when you’re alive, Liza. What could you possibly do to me when you’re dead?”The door closed, blocking off her hate-filled gaze and last shrieks.Only me, an unconscious Serena, and a grey-faced Hadrian were left in the ward. After a long spell of silence, Hadrian spoke up. His tone was dry. “What in the world do
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Chapter 9
“You’re truly a skilled actor, Hadrian. You were so convincing that I nearly forgot what a cold-hearted villain you are.”Hadrian sobbed, tears flowing down his face. “I’m sorry… I really regret everything.”“Your regret is worth nothing.” I picked up the paternity report for him and Agnes from the bedside table and placed it gently before him. “Take this and get lost. Serena wouldn’t want to see you when she wakes up.”…A month later, Serena was discharged from hospital. We moved to a new place. It was a small little villa far from the city center, with a garden filled with all sorts of plants and flowers. The company my father left me was put in the hands of experienced professionals, while I just maintained my shares and took my dividends. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with my daughter. Serena recovered very quickly. The transplant had been very successful, and her face became rosier every day. She could run and play in the garden like any other child. How
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Chapter 10
“There was a bouquet of wildflowers at her grave. They were a little wilted. Someone must have left them there a couple of days before.”I nodded and did not ask who had left the flowers there. Serena turned to me, piercing me with that clear gaze. “Mom, do you think I’m cruel? I knew who she was, but… I don’t think I could really feel sad for her for very long.”I grasped Serena’s hand, my fingertips going cold and numb. “I don’t think so. My Serena, you are a kind and loving person, but you also know how to protect yourself.“You know not to wallow in despair because of someone who could be your tormentor. You know not to exhaust yourself because of tragedy. This isn’t being cruel, it’s being clear-headed. You have a good sense of self-preservation.”Serena kept leaning against me. After a long time, she said, “I just think that… she’s really pitiful. But the person who caused it wasn’t me, and it wasn’t you.”“That’s right.”I smoothed my hand down her back and watched t
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