Chapter 67  “Nicole is her sister, so why would she lie to us? What’s in it for her?” My mom was completely convinced by Nicoter’s story  Grandma let out a cold laugh “And Amanda swears she didn’t push her Why don’t you believe her? As you mentioned. Nicole is Amanda’s sister. Why would Amanda shove her into the water? What benefit would that bring her?”  “Mom, I think you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing. There were so many people at the festivall it’s possible that Amanda accidentally pushed her sister amidst the chaos and is just denying it to avoid the blame. We really need to sort out the truth here: “Amanda is already well–settled in the Reyes family and has everything Soon, Nicole will be at the age to start thinking about marriage I’m just planning ahead and thinking of giving her some shares so she’ll have a stronger standing when the time comes.”  What a thoughtful mom. She was already working on Nicole’s wedding when there was not even a whisper of it.  I wanted to ask her, what about me? Am I not her daughter, too?  Reyes family’s wedding gift was extravagant a mansion worth thirty million, a luxury car, and a hefty amount of cash totaling over hundred million. For the Reyes family, this was more than respectable, leaving no room for criticism.  But my side of the family? My mom claimed the company was doing poorly and cut my promised wedding gift from 8 28 million to just $80,000. She swapped a prime retail space worth ten million for one barely worth a million in the outskirts.  My wedding gift was slashed drastically, but by that point, I had already given up on Chase, and after losing our child, these material things didn’t matter anymore. No amount of money could bring back my child.  Even six months ago, I knew that the Reyes Corporation raked in a fortune from several projects for the Kennedy family and that we weren’t short on cash.  They just wanted to keep everything for Nicole, who had her heart set on a set of luxury, collector’s jewelry worth over eighty million Without blinking, my mom used the money for my wedding gift to make up the difference and bought the jewelry set.  When the jewelry arrived, I peeked through the door and saw my mom, beaming with pride, fitting Nicole with the set. Her eyes were filled with undeniable maternal love.  She said, “Nicole, you deserve the best in the world.”  Clearly, I didn’t matter to her at all.  She’d drained my wedding gift and was now after Grandma’s shares, too.  Grandma was livid. “Take your junk and get out. Don’t think I don’t know what you and your husband are up to. I’m the only one in this house who truly cares for Amanda. Everything I have is for her, and no one else is getting a piece of it! Get out.”  Grandma was so angry she started coughing fitfully. I wanted to help her, but my hand just passed night through her back. My mom was ushered out, and I saw Nicole waiting outside. The two of them were whispering complaints to each other. Nicole tried to soothe my mom. “Mom, it’s okay. They’re just shares. If I don’t want them, they can go to my sister.”  As she said this, I caught a sinister glint in Nicole’s eyes, and unease washed over me.  Delivering the dinnerware was definitely her doing!  I rushed towards the porcelain dinnerware in the room, and sure enough, I was sucked into it by a beam of light, just like before. So, my ashes were inside this dinnerware set.  This heartless creature had actually given my ashes to Grandma.