Chapter 7
Chapter 7
After telling Mom what happened at school today, she was livid.
She was kicking herself for being so blind-fifteen fucking years to finally see what kind of scumbag she’d handpicked as her future son-in-law.
Dad was over there going “I told you so” about her taste in men.
poked him.
Dad, are you saying you’re trash too?”
Dad shot me a look like “thanks for that.”
Our whole family huddled together, plotting how to get sweet revenge.
Mom said:
Yesterday I spruced up my social media.”
Tried to re-add Grayson’s mom so I could rub our wealth in her face.”
Guess what?”
Still hasn’t accepted. Even now!”
I’m so pissed!”
Dad suggested:
How about we donate a building to the school? Classy way to flex.”
shot that down real quick:
By the time construction’s done, I’ll have graduated.”
‘We need to serve this reality check NOW.”
They both turned to me:
“Alright, what’s the game plan?”
Honestly, I hadn’t figured it out yet.
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While we were all deep in thought, the class group chat pinged.
Message from Sutton.
“Saturday’s my birthday! You’re all invited to my place for a party~”
She posted her home address.
I took one look and my jaw hit the floor.
Wait-that’s MY neighborhood.
Sutton lives here too?
How have I never run into her?
Oh, right.
Makes sense I’ve never seen her.
Mom basically banished me from this place since childhood.
Been stuck in that shitty apartment next to Grayson’s place.
Sutton posted a pic of her living room.
stared at the picture over and over.
Huh?
Why does this look crazy familiar?
glanced around our place.
No fucking way. This IS my house.
I looked at Dad:
‘Okay, real talk-is Sutton your side chick’s kid?”
Dad looked completely lost.
“Who the hell is Sutton?”
Mom nearly backhanded him.
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“Are you cheating on me?!”
I had to break it down:
“Sutton’s the girl Grayson’s chasing now.”
I showed them her messages.
“Why does her ‘house’ look exactly like ours?”
My brain wrestled with this, pointing at my parents.
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.”
asked Mom:
And you said yes?”
he nodded.
he truth was starting to emerge.
To wonder when I lived in that shitty apartment, I always thought Sutton’s clothes and jewelry looked
amiliar.
nd ever since we moved back yesterday, she ditched all the designer stuff and went back to basic school niforms.
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.
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“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.
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.”
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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.
