Annie gritted her teeth. Her mother's words cut deep. She vividly remembered everything.
Once, her mother had lived a life of wealth. She was the mistress of a rich man, and with him she had Annie and her younger brother.
They had a fine house, fine clothes, and food without limit.
Her mother had servants to wait on her. She had always said she would give Annie and her brother the best.
But one mistake changed everything.
Annie could still see that day in her mind. She had gotten into a fight at school. Other children had called her a bastard without a father.
Desperate and furious she commited a mistake.
She had shouted that she was the daughter of a rich man. At that time, she thought it was nothing.
But word had reached the man's real family. His true daughter went crying to him, saying an outsider child was claiming to be his blood.
