The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 269

Chapter 269 The Blackmail Album

Sierra froze for a second–then burst out laughing.

She couldn’t help it.

She thought Johnathan stopped her because he had some typical embarrassing baby photos, maybe wearing a dress or something. Most parents love doing that. Technically, it was a dress…. but Johnathan went all out. He was dressed like a flower fairy, rainbow–colored hair, glitter–covered wand in hand, mid–transformation pose and all.

If she hadn’t seen it for herself, she wouldn’t have believed it.

Johnathan looked like he wanted to disappear. He hadn’t been back in years–he’d totally forgotten about these blackmail- level moments.

“Can I keep going?” Sierra asked, still grinning, eyes full of mischief.

“Yeah, whatever,” he sighed. “Might as well.”

She kept flipping.

There were baby pictures, toddler tantrums, every costume you could think of–superheroes, cartoon characters, more magical girls.

But somewhere along the way, something shifted.

Sierra saw it. At first, he was just a kid, wild and happy. But by the last few pages, especially his eighth birthday, he didn’t look like a kid anymore. His smile was gone. He looked… still. Like someone who had to grow up too fast.

And that was the last photo with his mom.

see a single picture

could learn a lot from one photo

gently. “Your mom really

“Yeah.”

He’d never doubted that.

A

he didn’t know she was sick. All he knew was that she was always there. Later, he found out she used up all her clarity for him. Every time she had a good day, she gave it

first time she lost control in front of him, he’d been terrified. When she came back to herself, she was

her arms around his waist. “You’re luckier

let it ruin you. Let it carry

what she meant. He didn’t say

let it

been so good to him, maybe he wouldn’t hate them all so much. But she had been.

said, “I’m not asking you to forgive them. I just don’t want you stuck in this pain forever. Whatever you decide

wasn’t him. She hadn’t lived through it. And she wasn’t about to tell him how

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269 The

the rest of the day and night, brought their own

Finished

phones were basically

Pure chaos–his grandfather, half the Wynn family, and several

could even read through them, Maddox

Maddox exhaled. “Your grandfather’s in the hospital. It’s serious this

party. The family’s dirty laundry had been aired in front of every major power