Of course, Kathryn would never reveal her deeper involvement in the situation. Only a handful of people knew the full truth.

Even Holden and his sons had no idea that their supposed victory had been part of Kathryn's plan all along.

They despised her, wished her dead-but without her, they never would have succeeded in their schemes in the first place.

"After I came back, my father wasn't kind to me. He adored Shiloh more, but he never openly harmed me."

Holden simply didn't have the power to make Kathryn's life difficult.

When she first returned, she played the role of the weak, helpless daughter. Everyone believed she was a lost cause, incapable of achieving anything. She let them think that.

Her father and brothers favored Shiloh, conspired with her against Kathryn, and tried to trip her up in secret.

But they never openly attacked her.

By the time she revealed her true self, it was too late-she had already secured her place. Her father and brothers no longer had the means to harm her. The Shiloh they had loved and protected? She lost Clarissa's favor, little by little, until

ties with

will didn't require me to care for my father, but as his daughter, I still have a responsibility to provide for him in his old

nurses exchanged glances before

true daughter, they thought, was far more compassionate than a fake one. Everyone in Jensburg had heard of

once-favored successor of the Farrell family was buried, her grave covered in overgrown

Kathryn's bandages, Pedro spoke to her briefly before leaving the

hospital, Holden refused to leave. He stood at the

arrested! I'm an old man, begging for mercy, and she

looked around dramatically. "Have you ever seen such a cold-blooded daughter? I haven't! And to think,

take care of me and is sending me

care if people believed him-he just wanted to badmouth Kathryn to as many people

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