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The manager rushed over to the table with a worried look on his face.<\/p>\n
He looked at the emotional embrace and then at Victoria’s furious expression.<\/p>\n
Manager:<\/strong> Is everything alright over here, Mrs. Sterling?<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> Everything is fine, Harold.<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> In fact, this is the best day of my entire life.<\/p>\n Victoria stepped forward again, her face flushed red with bitter resentment.<\/p>\n Victoria:<\/strong> Harold, fire this girl immediately!<\/p>\n Victoria:<\/strong> She is harassing my grandmother and trying to steal from our estate!<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> Silence, Victoria!<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> Harold, please bring a glass of water for my daughter here.<\/p>\n The restaurant manager blinked in complete shock, looking at Maya’s waitress uniform.<\/p>\n Manager:<\/strong> Your… your daughter, Mrs. Sterling?<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> Yes, the daughter who was taken from my home twenty years ago.<\/p>\n Maya wiped a tear from her cheek as she listened to the old woman.<\/p>\n She pulled open the tiny clasp on the silver heart locket.<\/p>\n Inside was a tiny, faded picture of a baby next to a young mother in gold.<\/p>\n The woman in the old photograph looked exactly like Mrs. Sterling in her youth.<\/p>\n Victoria looked at the tiny photograph inside the locket and turned pale.<\/p>\n She knew that if Maya was legitimate, the massive Sterling trust fund belonged to her.<\/p>\n For five years, Victoria had been positioned as the sole heir to the Sterling estate.<\/p>\n The thought of losing her luxury mansion and monthly allowance filled her with rage.<\/p>\n Victoria:<\/strong> A picture in a lock proves nothing in a real court of law!<\/p>\n Victoria:<\/strong> We will get a DNA test before you give her a single penny!<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> We will do whatever legal steps are required, Victoria.<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> But in my heart, I already know the absolute truth.<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling took Maya’s hand firmly and smiled through her tears.<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> What is your name, my sweet child?<\/p>\n Maya:<\/strong> My name is Maya, ma’am.<\/p>\n Mrs. Sterling:<\/strong> Your birth name was Clara, but Maya is beautiful too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The manager rushed over to the table with a worried look on his face. He looked at the emotional embrace and then at Victoria’s furious expression. Manager: Is everything alright over here, Mrs. Sterling? Mrs. Sterling: Everything is fine, Harold. Mrs. Sterling: In fact, this is the best day of my entire life. Victoria stepped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-385","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}