*Present *
Esther's POV
I am Esther Smith, chairwoman of Smith Corps. At the age of 24, I am the most successful woman in this country. My company is number one in the field. I am rich enough to live the rest of my life luxuriously without working. But I still work hard, day and night! 'cause that's the only thing that I've got to do in my life. I have no family to spend my time with.
I lived with my mom Till the age of 15. She lived for me. She worked day and night for filling our stomachs. But still… I caused her death! I was a very good student, so William Smith, a business man helped me and with his help I got to study at a very prestigious school. But his daughter Sara, who was jealous of me thinking that her father loves me more that her started digging up my past and her it ended at a 15 year old police case file.
It was a case filed by my mom. According to it my mom stated that she was gang raped by her father and some others but later it was proved that she was a prostitute. But it was all a lie, what my mom said was true but they bribed the police.
One day Sara posted all these on net. I was shocked and ashamed due to the news. All these while my mom lied to me saying that my father was her boyfriend and that they broke up after having me. At first I believed that she was a prostitute and shouted at her and didn't let her explain. I ran away from home and didn't returned for 3 days and when I came back what I saw left me shocked… she commited suicide!
She left a suicide note for me in which she said that she is sorry for lying and that she is not a prostitute. She said that she was rapped. All this left me broke and it is true that I caused her death.
Mr. Smith felt that her daughter caused all this and due to guilt he adopted me. He and his wife loved me like their own daughter. They asked me to call them mom and dad. I was happy. Their son Oliver protected me and loved me and even Sara realised her mistake and apologized.
We lead a happy life. I was never once treated as an outsider. I had parents, siblings, everything…
But all these happiness lasted only for 4 years. They all left me in a car accident.
I again became an orphan. All these made me a cold and stone hearted woman, but deep inside I wants to be loved!
At the age of 21 I made thrice the money I inherited from dad. Now I live at a big house with money more than enough but without happiness, without a family, craving for someone to love me…