Stolen Luck

grand and spacious villa

t I was abducted by human t

Hurry up and come in." My adopti

de my way int

biological mother, Brynn Jones, embraced me tightly. Her

physically impaired. She's got to be a fraud." A tal

n scolded him before gently stroking my head. "This is

nn's smiling fa

ould reclaim my origin

r grandpa, Reece, had consult

y luck and would achieve great things in t

lerate the fact. So, he asked the fortune-telle

abducted by human traffickers and

egnant and gave birth to a daughter. Fro

stay home to do chores and earn money to p

lly fell into a ditc

lling to spend money on my tre

ame a burden and was be

e house. You just sit around

ther was still searching for me and had promised a gen

d become and make a fortune in the proc

Clarke, her biological daughter, at City High School, a top-tie

heir best to send their ch

to City High School, but with the strength of t

d, "Raising you wasn't a waste after all.

opened one of the rooms.

ith care. A soft, comfortable bed sat in t

said shyly, my voice

rother. How could I have a sister who's both tacky and physically impaire

"You're not welcome here. Our grandpa is on a trip right

blood drain from my face.

remote village, and physically im

ead, I could see a faint purple

fortune that had

villa, rode in luxury cars, possessed a brilliant mind, and

htfully mine, yet he looked down on m

rest now." I dropped my smile, stepp

icks and are always trouble. A nobody from some backwater place, you'll

e Jones family's home, I gra

abducted, my dad fell

ow the family business significantly. But because sh

ome, Erik got whatever he wanted. T

ong the elite students at City High School. Teachers adored him

ood looks, and stellar grades, Erik was o

erred into the regular c

from my mom, Nicolas's family's livin

ressed and drawing atten

d Erik to look afte

rella on a rainy day and occas

claiming that Erik an

he publicly declared that he wou

ynn about the rumors during dinner

before turning to Erik. "You just focus on your studies.

"Of course. Who do you think I am? Winning comes naturally to m

wave of shame w

' family, I hadn't had an o

anaged to teach myself elementary school material and parts of the middle school curricul

I had already asked Brynn to h

ity deeply, waking up at

my tutor gave me, spending most of my time

go out for a walk, I declined, u

ed and uneducated was no different from a useless burden. The on