Ellia POV“You’re mother…Catherine Estrada…was a multi billionaire.”My heart stopped instantly—Catherine Estrada…The most famous female philanthropist ever known…The woman who single handedly made the female gender credible business owners and C.E.O, and did that before turning 25z That was my mother? Me?!No… this had to be a joke. It had to be!The room was silent now, the air so heavy and dense that you could cut it with a knife. I stared at her, maybe waiting or the punchline…but there wasn’t one.“You’re joking, right? Aunt Hilda…?”She shook her head, then dropped her eyes to the floor. “I wish I was.”I pushed back from the table at once and stood up sharply.“No.”I started pacing around the room…my mind felt like it was tearing into two right now.“No, no, no.”This couldn’t be real.Nothing about this made sense.“If Mom was a billionaire, why did we live like this?”I turned to her again. “Why did you struggle to pay bills sometimes?”“Why did we never—”“Because it w
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