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“Didn’t your lawyer tell you that even if my parents are gone, my identity can still be confirmed through the DNA of other relatives, like Aunt Natalie?
Ralph clearly had no idea how any of this worked. He turned and glared at Natalie. “She wouldn’t dare!”
“You don’t need to glare at her. Even if she won’t agree to a DNA test to prove it, it doesn’t matter. My parents were murdered back then, and the case was never solved. Their DNA profiles are still on file with the police.”
Before Scarlet could even finish speaking, Ralph’s expression had already changed. He could argue, he could try to control Natalie–but the police database? There was no way he could touch that.
Scarlet said, word by word, “My father was Ethan Benson, my mother was Gwen Lunsford, and I am Scarlet Benson. This was our house.”
Ralph, stubborn and defensive, snapped, “Who do you think you’re scaring? I’ve lived here for 20 years. Do you really think I’m just going to pack up because you say so? Go ahead and sue me if you dare!”
“If you want to take this to court, that’s fine by me,” she replied. “It’s not just the house. My parents had at least a few hundred thousand in their accounts. Where’s that money now?”
At that, Ralph’s eyes darted away for a moment.
Natalie said, “Ralph was trading stocks…”
He lost everything in the market. Scarlet had already guessed as much. Back then, Ralph had been obsessed with trading, even though he knew nothing about stocks.
He shot Natalie a glare, signaling her to shut up. “Says who? I could say you owe me five million dollars.”
“At the time, my dad still had three cars under his name, along with stocks, investments, and those savings. Altogether, they were worth at least a million dollars. We’ll calculate inflation and investment gains as well, and you’ll be required to return
every cent of it.”
Scarlet added, “And by the way, you deliberately abandoned a minor. I’m sure the judge will consider whether your actions
constituted a crime.”
Natalie, whether panicking or feeling a sudden pang of conscience, quickly said, “We’ll move out!”
But Ralph wasn’t having it. “Move if you want. I’m not going anywhere.”
Natalie snapped, “Do you want to go to jail?”
His expression darkened, and he finally shut his mouth.
“Scarlet,” Natalie pleaded again, “we’re family. Do we really have to go this far?”
“I don’t have any family left,” Scarlet said. “One week. Don’t forget.”
As she turned to leave, she could still hear Ralph cursing behind her. “She’s in such a rush to get the house back–1 bet that rich family straight–up kicked her to the curb! She’s nothing but a liability. I would’ve gotten rid of her, too.”
Scarlet’s paternal grandparents had passed away before she was born. Her maternal grandmother had doted on her when she was little. But soon after, Natalie’s actions triggered a heart attack that took her grandmother’s life.
After Scarlet’s parents died, Natalie was the only relative Scarlet had left. Natalie’s family of three had rushed over from another city.
Scarlet still remembered Natalie holding her tightly, tears streaming down her face. She told her, “I’ll take care of you, just like your mom would have.”
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Her cousin, Morris Stanton, was just born at the time. Soon after, the three of them moved into the Benson family’s big home in Laurel Heights.
At first, Natalie really did her best. In those early days, Scarlet’s nightmares woke her often, but Natalie was always there, sleeping beside her. She would place her baby, still swaddled, on one side and hold Scarlet on the other.
The good times didn’t last long. Natalie had just had a baby and now had two children to look after, which meant she couldn’t work. With Ralph’s paycheck supporting all four of them, money became tight fast.
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