Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1347: Here to take her back

When you hate someone, you remember them. Not just what they did, but every detail of their face. Every trauma they put you through, every emotion they made you feel.

And Jessa hated that woman-her brother's woman-so much that she often had nightmares about her. She hated her and Jason so much that she wished for their deaths. And if they died, she knew she would laugh at their graves and celebrate.

They-Jason and Priscilla took everything from her. Their parents, their home, her future-her life.

The rage and trauma took a long time to heal. A very long time, with the help of a patient man who was Jessa's only saving grace. Had it not been for Lester, she knew that, if not prison, she would have ended up living a life far different from the one she had before meeting Allison. After all, she lost her parents because of her brother and that woman. And she lost her home because they sold it for their gambling addiction.

That was why Jessa almost couldn't bring herself to take in the child said to be Priscilla and Jason's. Because in that moment, it reopened all the scars she had painstakingly concealed. It dragged back all the trauma she had endured for years. Had it not been for Lester's insistence, she would never have brought Penny home. She would've put her up for adoption instead. But Lester... he wanted to keep the child.

Fortunately, despite the rough start, Penny proved useful. She helped the family, so much so that Jessa almost saw herself in her. It wasn't love at first sight-far from it. At first, Jessa only saw Penny as a tool, someone who could bring money into the household. But over time, she began to see that Penny was not Jason. Not Priscilla. And slowly, Jessa opened her heart to the little piglet, who seemed happy as long as she was fed.

It took time, courage, and heart for Jessa to understand that the child was innocent. That Penny did not deserve the anger her parents had caused. That was why she had been able to straighten Nina out-because she had learned from those thirteen years Penny had been under her care.

But... if an innocent child could rip open old wounds simply by existing as Jason and Priscilla's daughter, what would happen if the very person who had ruined her life suddenly showed up at her doorstep?

[Present Time]

"Priscilla."

A name Jessa never thought she would utter again slipped past her lips. Her eyes widened, pupils contracting as she held her breath in utter shock.

The woman standing before her was tanner than she remembered. Her face was lined with deep wrinkles, aging her beyond her years. And yet, despite the sagging skin, Jessa could still see it-that young, pretty, vicious lying bitch superimposed over Priscilla's face.

she whispered, unable to believe what she was seeing. Priscilla was supposed

wryly. "Jessica," she murmured. "It's good to see you

hitched. Even her voice sounded almost the same-just raspier, roughened

her. And her eyes blazed with

she spat through gritted teeth. "You're

have a lot

where the hell did you get the nerve to show your face in front of me?!" Jessa's voice rose in a shriek, raw and trembling with rage. "I don't care how you're alive when you were supposed to be dead. Knowing what kind of lying whore you are, I'm not even surprised that you'd

"Jessa, let me explain—"

her, but Jessa swatted her hand away. No, she did more than that. She shoved her

the ground with a

out of my sight, she seethed, her chest heaving "Get out of my sight and don't ever come near me again

but she

Jessa snarled, turning back

now. The longer. She looked

something-anything-she could et

don't want to go? Then stay right

stormed inside, but she barely made it a few steps

know you hate me, Jessica," she called out, louder

to abandon my daughter!"

Jessa froze.

Priscilla continued, her voice sharper now. "But I'm here to take her back.

like rusted metal. Her gaze locked on the

inside her

TO KILL YOU!" she