My name is Abby Marie Walker. I'm the legitimate and only daughter of Late Mr and Mrs Anthony and Clarice Walker. Founders of Walker groups a multi billion business empire in Costa Rica. My parents died when I was 6 years old.
After their death I lived with my uncle John and his wife Christine. Although my parents were rich before they died I didn't get to use the wealth they left behind.
The money ment for my education and wellbeing was being used to fund the reckless living of my cousins Daniel and Daniela who were born a year after me. And the company was left in the hands of John till my eighteenth birthday.
But the time I was ten I already knew that no matter what I did I was always wrong. John and Christine moved to my parents villa. The house that was rightfully mine had John and Christine in the master bedroom, Daniel and Daniela in the east wing while I was moved to a cramped room on the North wing.
I lived like an after thought in my own home. While their kids lived the good life,I was treated like a servant. The servants who were basically strangers treated me with more care and love than my so called family.
I hid my grades from John and Christine so they always thought I was a dullard while their precious darlings scored bellow average,I was the top scorer in my grade.
One time when Daniela broke an antique vase and framed me for it without any enquiries I was locked in the attic to reflect on my bad behaviour. That was the last time I tried to defend myself because the punishment added was worse. I had to spend the day without food.
The only time I looked like a billionaire heiress was when my parents attorneys came over for the routine review of my assets and outside the villa gates but indoors I was a helpless orphan they couldn't dare harm me hard enough to leave marks on my body or kill me by doing so they would lose everything that was never theirs to begin with.
At seventeen I decided to take action. After school on Monday I went to the attorney's office in when the receptionist asked if I had an appointment I replied telling him it's about my parents The walkers.
She immediately took me to the office. Not expecting me to suddenly come to see him, George knew it had to be serious. I explained everything that happened during the past years following the death of my parents . He said he never believed that everything in that house was alright and never trusted John
Then he showed me something else, something I wasn't prepared for.
Several times over the years money had been moved from the company to shell accounts across the country some were tracked to John and others to one Tabby in California and also to Christine I hired a private investigator to follow both John and Christine.
The results were shocking. Tabby was John's Mistress with whom he spent almost every business trip with and spent millions on.
Christine was not so reckless with hers, she hid money in different banks in different countries.
George said we had grounds to sue them but I had other plans. I swore to make them pay for the suffering I passed through. While they were oblivious to the change in my behaviour thinking I was tamed I was silently and carefully documenting everything from the abuse to the spending spree and also the affair.
My coming of age party was where John was supposed to hand my estate over to me. One Saturday morning he called me to his office trying to manipulate me into cancelling the hand over. I cut him off by telling him he had no say in this he started to say I would regret it that I was too young to handle it. I told him that was my decision to make. He tried everything from guilt trips to threats to begging to bringing the family name saying he's doing it all for my good saying I would thank him in the future.
I told him I would think about it and stood up to leave then he said he knew my father would want him to continue with the company I left without a word. That day I met George and told him everything he then said the party is happening no matter what.
I left the villa and stayed at George's house hi wife and daughter were very welcoming.
The party was to be held in main hall of Larema hotel which has always been in my name. John and his family kept trying to stall the hand over but under the pressure of the law it had to be done.
Before the party started Christine tried one more time saying that she loved me like her own daughter and I was willing to throw away all they had done for me because of money. I told her I was throwing anything away but they did the moment they tried to take what was mine.
The day came and every socialite was present I got what was mine and used it to expose them when Christine found out her husband was cheating she filled for divorce then I reminded her she'd have to pay for it out of her own pocket that was when the people realised their prestigious family was built on lies the police came in and took them out.
The court session didn't last long as the truth was in plain sight and justice was granted.
Two years after I took complete control of the company I graduated with a degree in business administration and management
George came to my office and asked me if I knew why I was called the lotus heiress and told me the story behind it.
Apparently it was a lotus lake that brought my parents together and also because of the lotus birthmark on my hand.
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