Chapter 10
Trix’s POV
The Hurst couple didn’t have much luck dodging justice–they got convicted on several charges and were handed a life sentence, sending them off to prison together. The twenty million they‘ d wrangled from my company account was recovered, wrapping up this mess just about perfectly.
Not long after, I went to see them in prison, and that’s when they finally told me the secret they’d kept buried for twenty years. Turns out, one night, Leroy had a fling with his neighbor Frank Montgomery’s wife. after getting a bit too deep into his drinks. She ended up pregnant, and by some twist of fate, Velma was also expecting around the same time.
Hours after I was born, Frank‘ s wife had her baby, too. But Frank was furious–he stormed over to the Hursts‘ demanding a
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large sum of money to keep his mouth shut about Leroy’s mistake. Back then, Leroy’s business was just starting out, and he didn’t have that kind of cash. So, Frank made another offer: he and his wife would stay quiet if Leroy and Velma abandoned their real daughter–me–and raised Frank’s daughter as their own.
The Hursts took the deal, figuring it‘ d protect their reputation and Leroy‘ s budding business. Since Lauren was still Leroy’s blood, he didn’t feel too bad about it; Velma struggled a bit at first, but eventually, Leroy split half his money with her, and she seemed to come around. Lauren grew up, and the Hursts slowly forgot all about me, their biological daughter.
Meanwhile, I was found and taken in by a kind teacher couple, Victor and Esme Kennedy, who discovered me abandoned
on the street. They raised me with all the love and care they had to give, nurturing my singing and acting talents. When I got
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older, they encouraged me to join Big Dream Entertainment as a trainee. With their support, I became a teen idol in the West. Then, just as my company was making plans to reintroduce me here in the US, I found out the Hursts were my biological parents.
Quietly, I set things up with a few media outlets, letting the story trickle out little by little. I even took on a gig as a street food vendor, grilling up spicy skewers to
“find” my birth parents. This led to the day the Hursts showed up on the street and took me back with them.
For a while, I thought maybe they’d had some deep reason for leaving me behind, something that might make sense if I understood. But now, knowing the truth, I see it was nothing more than greed and selfishness–they‘ re not worthy of any sympathy.
With the truth out and this chapter closed, I’m ready to move on and pour myself
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