When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

So Completely Useless

Sienna gave a small nod, her eyes narrowing. “You’re probably right… these events really do seem like the work of the same person. The pattern’s the same ruthless, and not a trace left behind. The methods are just too similar…”

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As she spoke. Sienna clenched her fingers tightly; her face twisted slightly with tension.

Seeing how pale she looked, Jean quickly spoke up. “Mom, are you okay?”

“I’m fine…” Sienna pressed her lips together, trying to appear calm, but the storm behind her eyes betrayed her fragile state.

Jean noticed her hands were shaking.

Her fingers twisted together, trembling slightly at the tips.

“I just suddenly feel like…” Sienna let out a long sigh, sorrow welling in her gaze, “I’m so completely useless…. I can’t even protect my children…‘

As she said this, Sienna suddenly crouched down.

She buried her head in her hands, her eyes lowered, and a faint shimmer of tears appeared in her lashes.

“Who could it possibly be…”

beside her, gently placing a hand on Sienna’s shoulder. “Mom,

this, one step at a time,” she said softly, trying to comfort the woman breaking down in front of her. “We don’t know who’s lurking in the shadows, trying to kill us off–but the good news is we’re still alive. As long as we’re alive,

into a smile, her voice gaining a hint of brightness. “As long as we’re alive,

stared at her daughter, her eyes unblinking, as

words seemed to steady her. Gradually, Sienna

jaw clenched tight. “You’re right… I can’t fall apart. I have to expose whoever did this,

stood back up and resumed the search

were high that it had already been destroyed, she wasn’t

to

across the floor, scanning the carpet–and

up; her brows lifted in

the couch, then dropped straight

movement caught Sienna completely off

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wide–eyed, Jean, what are

her stomach, she reached as

of fumbling, she finally pulled out a small white

she stood up, holding the pill

the pill in Jean’s hand, asking