From Appalachian Dirt To Tech Heiress

e a constant on the honor roll. My STEM projects won state-level awards. I was a ghost in their

re, her interests shallow. Debra poured money into tutors and extracurriculars, despe

rm I had been waitin

oom, her face pale with rage. Andre

"$1,500 from my emergency fun

. I knew exactly where the money was. In my past life, I had cried,

e, I sta

ake your mo

easily swayed by her hysteria. "We know it was you

He dumped the contents on the floor. And there it was. A t

hrieked, trium

ss the face. The force of it sent me stumbling backward. The

. I felt a warm trickle o

eaving with rage. Stella had a sm

the back of my head, looked at the blood on my fingers, and then looked a

ht to our neighbor's house, the Hendersons'. I rang t

door and gasped. "Jocelyn!

call the police? There's been a theft at my guardians' home. They se

le. While one officer took my statement and arranged for an ambulance t

e for front-row tickets and exclusive merchandise for h

o see. The officers, the neighbors who

proof, Debra didn't ap

t if she wants to! This is a family m

en at me, then at the blood on my collar.

't just the orphan being sponsored by the "kind" Mr. and Mrs