My Mother Killed Me For Her Stepdaughter novel Chapter 39

When I finally turned my phone back on, the news of my sister's alleged suicide due to depression had already spread like wildfire across every platform.

The influencers were quicker than I was to catch the news. They had already started their livestreams, spinning tales about how my sister had single-handedly raised me, her ungrateful younger sister, who turned out to be nothing but a spoiled trust fund brat. The comment sections were already flooded with insults directed at me.

Hailing a cab, I opened one of the livestreams to watch the scene of her death unfold in real time.

The coroner was the first to arrive at the mansion. Sophia showed up shortly after.

As I watched Sophia's frantic demeanor, a question gnawed at me. If she had just arrived, how had she already sent me photos of the scene over an hour earlier? What was she, clairvoyant?

She hadn't even checked my sister's body before launching into a tearful performance across multiple livestreams:

"It's her sister who killed her. Claire didn't commit suicide—it was all because of Ella!"

"She spends all her time partying and fooling around, never appreciating how hard Claire worked to give her a good life. And yet, Claire still sacrificed everything for her. But this cold-hearted sister went and sold the company—Claire's entire life's work!"

"I'm tired. I've failed to hold onto the last thing Mom and Dad gave me. The sister I raised turned out to be a traitor. What's left for me here? I'm going to join Mom and Dad."

"My remaining assets… they'll all go to my brother-in-law. He's endured enough from my sister. Consider this my way of compensating him."

The recording ended, leaving the livestream viewers stunned into silence, only to erupt seconds later with renewed fury. The narrative was sealed Ella, the ungrateful sister, was the ultimate villain.