The Heiress They Chose to Lose

"On my first day back with the Sterling family, their adopted daughter, Claire, dropped to her knees in front of me with an oxygen tank clutched to her side.

“Elena, I know you’re their real daughter.”

“If you think I stole the life that should’ve been yours, I can leave. I’m so sick anyway. I probably don’t have many years left.”

The second she finished speaking, tears spilled down her cheeks.

Before I could say a word, my biological mother, Victoria, rushed over and pulled her into her arms.

My older brother, Alexander, shot me a cold warning look.