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.

didn’t see a single picture of his

could learn a lot from one photo

and smiled gently.

“Yeah.”

He’d never doubted that.

A

she was always there. Later, he found out she used up all her clarity

of him, he’d been terrified. When she came back to

Yaeger,” Sierra whispered, wrapping her arms around

let it ruin you. Let it

meant. He didn’t say anything–just

couldn’t let it

him, maybe he wouldn’t hate them all so

in his silence. She looked up and said, “I’m not asking you to forgive them.

him. She hadn’t lived through it. And

12:37 PM

269 The

rest of the day and night, brought

Finished

they got back, both their phones were basically

chaos–his grandfather,

read through

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

laundry had been aired in front of every major power in the room, and by