Chapter 13
The next day, Isadora went to the nearby mall to replace her lost phone and get a new SIM card.
The moment she turned on her phone, a flood of messages came pouring in.
She barely had time to glance at them before her phone started ringing-Eleanor Vaughan was calling.
Eleanor was Isadora's biological mother, the matriarch of the Vaughan family.
Isadora froze for a split second before answering.
Eleanor's sharp, annoyed voice cut through the line.
"Isadora, what exactly have you been up to these past two days? You haven't answered any of my calls or texts. Am I even your mother in your eyes? Honestly, why can't you be as thoughtful as Pearl?"
Almost without thinking, Isadora replied, "I was kidnapped. That's why I lost my phone-"
you can come up with? Are you just that desperate to squeeze money out of the Vaughan family? You're exactly like your adoptive mother—unbelievable. Sometimes I can't even believe
familiar, sharp ache
time Eleanor was angry at her, she
the true heiress of
she was recognized and brought home,
years ago, Eleanor, the elegant wife of the Vaughan Group's founder, gave birth in a private
named Carla was also giving birth to
born with
with a gambler husband, Jasper Lowry-knew she couldn't afford the care her baby needed. Fearing for
position as a nurse, she secretly switched her own daughter with
destinies of Isadora
meaning "precious jewel❞—Carla raised Isadora with cold
after Pearl was in a car accident and a DNA test
was shaken
of the daughter they
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