Jane sneered. "Half of the inheritance? You've got some nerve to ask for that."
Wearing glasses for the first time, Ellie felt slightly uncomfortable as she adjusted them and replied coolly, "Why wouldn't I? It's my rightful share."
"Ha!" Jane scoffed. "You really think of yourself as part of the Nelson family, don't you? If it weren't for our parents adopting you from that orphanage and raising you, you'd probably have starved on the streets by now. And instead of being grateful, you've got the audacity to eye our inheritance?"
Jane raised her voice, deliberately drawing the attention of the men around them. She wanted everyone staring at Ellie's face to see the "ugliness" she believed lay behind it.
Ellie saw through Jane's petty tactics but didn't care. Smiling lightly, she said
