The Forgotten Princess of the Pack Chapter 07

The Forgotten Princess of the Pack Chapter 07

With trembling hands, Grayson opened the box. 

[Gift for Dad: 

Dad, you work so hard. I picked this massager just for you. I 

read tons of reviews and tested it many times in the store. It’s definitely comfortable.] 

[Gift for Mom: 

This scarf is something I knitted myself. I bought the best yarn and learned the newest patterns online. It took me a long time, and it might not be perfect. Mom, will you like it?] 

[Gift for Aunt Beatrice: 

Aunt Beatrice is the most beautiful. This necklace suits you best. It’s a custom piece, and I drew the design myself. When I make more money in the future, I’ll buy you lots and lots of jewelry. And the prettiest clothes.] 

[Gift for Grayson: 

Grayson, this is the autograph of the captain of the national soccer team. I was afraid the ones online were fake, so I waited 

outside his training field for five days. I finally got it.] 

[Gift for Vivienne: 

I hope we can get along better in the future. Vivienne, I really 

want us to be real sisters. This brooch comes as a pair. Can we 

each wear one?] 

Mom, Dad, and Aunt Beatrice had all come into the room. 

Everyone stared at the gifts I had left behind, sinking into a long, suffocating silence. 

But all I felt was regret. 

Other than Aunt Beatrice, none of them deserved my love. 

Back then, I had clung to foolish hopes, believing that one day I would truly belong to this family. 

Now that I thought about it, it was nothing but a cruel joke. 

Grayson took a step back, as if he had lost his balance, and 

crashed into the desk. 

He murmured weakly, “Felicity… I bought you a gift too. I 

bought you the bunny plush you love the most. Why… why didn’t you want it anymore…” 

The desk shook from the impact, and a diary slid off the 

bookshelf and fell straight onto his head. 

Mom reached out to catch it, but Vivienne grabbed her arm. “Mom, be careful!” 

“Don’t touch me!” Mom flung her hand away and glared at Vivienne with hatred in her eyes. “Vivienne, everything that happened before… you were the one who framed Felicity, weren’t you?” 

Vivienne’s pupils shrank violently. Her voice trembled. “Mom, I don’t know what you’re talking about. How could you think that about me?” 

Mom ignored her and opened the diary with shaking hands. 

[April 15, 2023 

So I really do have parents. 

Mom and Dad descended like heroes and pulled me out of the 

abyss. 

I’ll be a good daughter to them from now on. 

I finally have a home. I really, really love them.] 

Dad closed his eyes and covered his face. 

[April 25, 2023 

I still can’t sleep. The moment I close my eyes, I see those terrifying scenes of being beaten and cursed. 

But I’m not scared anymore. 

Because my brother Grayson gave me a bunny plush. 

When I hug it, I’m not afraid of anything. 

It’s just that… Vivienne doesn’t seem to like me. 

The day Grayson gave me the bunny, Vivienne knocked on my 

door too. I was so happy and even wanted to ask her to sleep 

with me. 

But she said I was a sewer bug, that I always smelled bad, and 

that she didn’t want to sleep with me. 

She poured scalding hot milk onto my hand. She told me I wasn’t allowed to tell Mom, Dad, or Grayson. 

She said that even if I did, no one would believe me. 

Vivienne said she would tell them that she kindly brought me hot milk, and that I knocked it over myself and even cursed at 

her. 

I looked at her and wanted to tell her that I never planned to say anything anyway. 

Vivienne doesn’t like me. 

But that’s okay. One day, she’ll love me too. 

Because we’re sisters.] 

Mom sucked in a sharp breath and stared at Vivienne. 

Vivienne opened her mouth, her face filled with panic. 

Dad reached out and took the diary from Mom’s hands.