Scratches of Wound in Fiona's Heart
The Surprising Thing

Fiona held her cheek and then looked bravely at her mother. "But, unfortunately papa gave it to me, Ma. That means it's mine. If you want all my inheritance, I will give it willingly but on condition. Never get in the way of my relationship with Steven and never interfere with our affairs again" Fiona said.

"Yes....!!" Sarah again raised her trembling hand in anger after hearing Fiona's bold words against her.

Fiona then advanced. "Why stop, Ma? Mama's gonna slap me again, right?" fiona said with a trembling voice. "Hadn't it been enough that mom treated me arbitrarily?"

Sarah lowered her hand and stared angrily at Fiona. "Don't make Mama angry with Fiona. You've dared to defy mama apparently. The treasure is not yours. You have no right at all to the inheritance left by your father. It should be Cindy's. You've taken everything that's his."

"The father gave it to me, it wasn't me who asked for it, so I didn't take away any of it from my sister" Fiona said boldly.

"You think you're entitled to that inheritance?" Sarah smiled cynically. "You don't even have the right to live here with us much less call me mama."

"I am Mama's child, of course I am entitled," Fiona replied boldly. "The matter of inheritance is also not my fault. I never demanded anything from Papa. She gave me her joy" said Fiona loudly while looking at her mother.

"So, if you want my inheritance, you have to agree to my terms. I gave you the treasure, but you can't interfere anymore with my dealings with Steven. Otherwise, I wouldn't give a penny to mama."

Either the courage he got from where so he bravely said everything he had been quieting all along.

Sarah looks like she doesn't like Fiona. "Basic child does not know himself. You should be thanking your mom for taking care of you and raising you. Is this the payoff for what Mom did for you?"

"That's your duty, Ma. I never asked to be born by you. You brought me into this world, so you have to take full responsibility for me, not ignore me" Fiona replied firmly.

"My obligation is you say?" Sarah seemed to be unable to accept Fiona's words. "You're wrong Fiona, you don't have any obligation to you, it's your father's duty, not yours."

"Isn't that also your duty as my mother because papa is gone?"

Sarah showed her disgusted face. "You're overconfident Fiona, just so you know, you're not my son, so how can I have an obligation towards you. You're just the son of an actor. We don't have any blood ties."

Fiona's eyeballs are perfectly rounded. "What does mama mean? Whose son am I? Aren't you my mother? How come I'm not your son, Ma?" fiona's cross with a surprised face.

"You are a child born out of an affair between your mother and my husband. I was forced to raise you because your mother died not long after giving birth to you.

Your father persuaded me and begged me to raise you to be our son and put you on the family card because you had no one else on the deal, your father will give all his property to me and Cindy after Cindy grows up" Sarah said.

At that time, Fiona's father suddenly brought home a tiny baby and said that it was the son of his former lover. Sarah who heard that was very angry and disappointed. She thought her husband's relationship with his ex-girlfriend was over, but instead they had a child behind her. At that time, they almost got divorced because of it.

"It's not enough to be betrayed by your father, but I also have to take care of and raise a child from my husband's affair. Do you know how Mom felt? Cindy's a little girl and only 2 years old, but I have to find your father's big idol and accept you in my family."

Fiona stood up with a stiff body. Her tears were flowing without her being able to stand anymore. "This is the reason why my mother never loved me? Because I'm not your son?"

"Of course, which woman would care for the child of the woman who became her husband's affair. Do you understand now why I'm saying you're not entitled to that inheritance? Because from the beginning it was supposed to be mine and Cindy. You're just Fiona's bastard."

"But why didn't Mom say it all this time? Why hide from me?" fiona asked with a trembling voice.

"Because your father asked me to promise not to bring this up. If I tell you the truth, your father threatened not to give anything to you, but look now, your father has betrayed you again. He didn't keep his promise to mom to give all his possessions to Cindy and mom. Isn't it natural that you took what should have belonged to mom and Cindy?"

Fiona wiped away the tears that had been flowing down her cheeks that had started to turn red. "But, it's not my fault, Ma. My mom shouldn't hate me. It was my parents' fault. If I can choose, I don't want to be born that way either" Fiona said with a sad face and tears.

"You won't understand how mom feels every time you see your face. Mama always remembered about the betrayal of your father and your mother" Sarah said.

"Mama cannot bestow upon me the faults of my master's people, Ma."

"Although that's the case, I'm also a papa's son, Ma. I deserve to live here."

"But you have no right to accept my husband's estate, so if you don't want me to kick you out of this house with nothing, you'd better sign the covenant letter you made," sara said arrogantly.

"What letter of agreement, Ma?" ask Fiona in a soft voice.

"Letter of inheritance transfer agreement. You can't negotiate with mama because the treasure isn't yours."

Fiona fell silent, the reality that had just been revealed left her devastated. "And, for Steven's problem. If mom told him about your true identity, do you think he'd still want to be with you?" sarah asked with a mocking smile.

"Even if he accepts you, what about his parents? Do you think they want to have a daughter-in-law who has a background like you? What about the responses of people who know that until mama revealed this problem?"

Fiona was silent. He could not reply to Sarah's words because it might happen. "Ma, please don't tell you, Steven Ma. I beg. I don't care about the others, as long as you don't tell Steven." Fiona knelt at her mother's feet while holding her feet.

Sarah looked at Fiona with disdain. "Then follow all the words of my mother. Break up with him and never see him again. From now on, don't ever argue mama if you don't want mama kicked out of here and don't want your mass mama revealed, how? Do you want to do it?" sarah asked, looking down at Fiona.

Fiona thought for a moment. "Yeah, Mom. I'll do it but I don't want to marry James."

"Well, you can marry Leon later. After marriage you have to leave the country with Leon. Mama herself will tell Leon later."

"Yes, Ma."

"Wake up." Fiona woke up and wiped her tears.

"You wait here. Mama's gonna take the deal first."

"Yes, Ma." Sarah walked out with her haughty face.

Moments later, Sarah returns with a white paper and thrusts it at Fiona. "Sign this letter of agreement."

Fiona was silent. "Wait moreover? Sign it quickly" Sarah said in a raised voice.

"Yes, Ma." Fiona grabbed the letter and signed it.

"Here, Ma." Fiona handed the letter back to Sarah.

"Good." Sarah seemed to smile broadly after seeing the agreement letter that had been signed by Fiona.

"Then mama went downstairs to meet Steven. Don't you dare go downstairs to see her."

"Yes, Ma."

Sarah walked out of the room and locked the door again.

I'm sorry, Steve. Thank you for all this time, you've been good to me.

Seriate....