“Which one of you cheated?”
Suddenly Mom’s face lit up like she remembered something, and she pulled us in close.
“Oh my God, I just realized something super weird.“]
“What?”
“Today our housekeeper Mrs. Coleman told me she scheduled a deep cleaning for this Saturday.“]]
“Asked us to go out for the day.“[]
I asked Mom:
“And you said yes?”
She nodded.]]
The truth was starting to emerge.[]
No wonder when I lived in that shitty apartment, I always thought Sutton’s clothes and jewelry looked familiar.]
And ever since we moved back yesterday, she ditched all the designer stuff and went back to basic school uniforms.]
Except for those limited edition sneakers.]
“Mom,” I pointed at the shoes I wore today by the door.]
“How many pairs of these did you originally buy me?”
Mom thought about it.]
“Two pairs.”
“One signed, one not.“]
I immediately had Mom call the cleaning service to fact–check.
Bingo. Just like I suspected.]
So here’s the tea.
Sutton isn’t some rich princess.]
She’s our housekeeper Mrs. Coleman’s daughter.[]
Mrs. Coleman has been our housekeeper since I was born.]]
During the fifteen years Mom was cosplaying poverty next to Grayson’s place, she kept our penthouse running.]
I only met her when I was little.]
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Chapter
The occasional times we came back, I never ran into her.]
Turns out while we were gone, Mrs. Coleman and her daughter Sutton moved into our house.
No wonder Sutton and Grayson clicked so well.]
Birds of a feather.
So they want to kick our family out and throw a birthday party in OUR penthouse?]
Well, I’d love to see how she handles this.[]
After strategizing with the parents, I started kissing ass in the group chat.
“OMG I’ve literally never seen a house this gorgeous–Can I come?“]
Classmates immediately mocked me:
“Wait, didn’t you say Rolls–Royce guy was your dad? How’ve you never seen a mansion downtown?“]
“Yuna was defending her earlier, swearing that old dude isn’t her sugar daddy. Girl, just own it!“]
“Fake bitches like this are exactly why Grayson upgraded.”
“Hope you know birthday parties need gifts. Don’t show up empty–handed.”
…O
Sutton stayed quiet.]
Only after everyone finished dragging me and the chat died down did she finally @me:
“Of course you can come! Stella, you don’t even need to bring anything
Still expecting me to bring her a gift?
Oh, I’ll bring her something alright.]
Two matching reality checks, one for each cheek.]
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