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Chapter 3

Author: Andy
The next day, Dad and Autumn finally appeared in my hospital room after hearing that the Sheridan family had sent a formal legal notice.

They brought a box of cheap bird's nest tonic, full of dark feathers and debris.

When Dad saw me lying there, bloodless and so thin I was barely recognizable, panic flashed in his eyes.

He probably hadn't expected me to be this sick.

“How... how did you end up like this?”

He frowned, unable to hide the conflict in his voice.

I knew from the way he looked at me that he was thinking of Mom.

Just as his expression began to soften, Autumn stepped forward and took my hand with false concern.

“Dad, Stella's old habit is acting up again. It looks like she's even wearing makeup to make herself look pale.”

I stared at her coldly.

That morning, the nurse had said my face looked almost blue. When I checked the mirror, I looked like a vampire, so I had asked her to dust a little foundation over my skin.

Dad frowned at me. “I know, I know. You're throwing another tantrum. This time... I can stay with you for a few days.”

Before I could speak, Autumn's eyes reddened.

“Dad, have you forgotten? Mom's memorial week is almost over. You promised her you would go to the chapel every year and light a candle for her. If Mom knew you didn't go, she'd be heartbroken.”

The moment Autumn invoked my mother, Dad's face changed.

The guilt in his eyes gave way to irritation.

“Yes. That's more important.” He looked at me coldly. “Stella, stop being so dramatic. I'll sign the waiver. Find your own caregiver.”

My nails dug into my palm as I stared at him.

He had made me wait three days for that one sentence.

“All right,” I said calmly.

I took a document from beneath my pillow and handed it to him.

“This is the waiver. Sign it.”

He didn't even look at it. He flipped to the last page and scrawled his signature.

He had no idea that a declaration severing our family ties was tucked into the middle of the supposed liability waiver.

With his signature, we were no longer legally related.

If he buried himself in debt someday, he would have no right to make me fill the hole.

“There. I'm leaving.” He tossed the document back onto the bed and turned away.

Autumn shot me a smug look and mouthed, “You lose.”

I watched them leave, a cold smile touching my lips.

Lose?

I handed the document to Grandma's attorney and told him to have it notarized immediately.

From that moment on, I was no longer Victor Lowell's daughter.

I was only the granddaughter of the Sheridan family.
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