The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 4

Mirabella’s eyes were tinged with concern, and after a few seconds, her grip loosened as she asked in a slightly grav tone. “Is your chest troubling you again?”

Catherine managed a strained smile as she clasped Mirabella’s hand reassuringly, shaking her head gently. “Granny’s fine, dear. It’s just the same old issue. Don’t you worry about me.”

Mandy, standing nearby, was taken aback by Catherine’s sudden distress. Regaining her composure, she instinctively pushed Mirabella aside. “Mom, are you having another one of your episodes? Are you in pain? Should we go to the hospital?”

Mirabella’s brow furrowed at being pushed away. She cast a glance at Mandy before turning and walking back into the house.

help but sneer at Mirabella’s retreating figure. “Mom, can you believe this? This is the thanks you get for raising her. You’re in agony, and she just walks away…. Shaking her

up the call and turned around to see Mirabella helping Catherine drink something. Her brow furrowed, and she snatched the mug. only to find it

suddenly fraught with an icy, foreboding intensity. Her normally pleasant features were wiped clean of any expression. Confronted with this unfamiliar

the medicine Mira got especially for me,” Catherine, now regaining some composure. said as

handing back the mug, she flung the remaining contents onto the ground, “Medicine? What can some small–town girl possibly know about medicine? This is just reckless!”

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her off without giving her a chance to speak, “Enough! Calm down. The ambulance will be here shortly. We’ll get you checked out properly at the hospital. You can’t just take any old remedy, you know you

be able to fix it. I’ll give you this one pass because we were

sald, both anxious and angry. She looked at Mirabella, “Mira, this is your home. Don’t listen to her.