Beast Tamer's Rebirth National Treasure Edition novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144

Chapter 144

The old lady recounted everything, laying it all out.

Finally, she typed: [Back when I first married into this village, I always thought Sierra was pitiful.

[She finally managed to get out, and a few years ago, she quietly spent her own money to build a road from the village to the town. If I hadn’t asked Hank, we would’ve thought some rich guy paid for it.]

Sierra was just a young woman, barely twenty, and she was already using her hard-earned money to help her hometown.

Someone as kind as her, yet her adoptive parents still went around badmouthing her.

After the old lady spoke up, more and more people started coming forward. Even Mr. Carter and some classmates stepped

Sierra’s story became the talk of the town back then, and folks remembered it clearly.

They unearthed the old records and, together with the local police, uploaded them to the internet for everyone to see.

The files even had photos showing the scars Sierra got when David beat her, even stabbing her in the stomach with broken. glass.

In the pictures, Sierra’s stomach looked so small, almost childlike, but on her right side was a long, nearly four-inch scar, freshly stitched.

Even though the photos had faded and weren’t as terrifying as before, people online still felt a chill running down their spines when they saw them.

But when people online saw those images, they couldn’t help but shudder. This wasn’t parenting at all. This was pure abuse.

[I was Sierra’s classmate back in elementary school. She was honestly such a good person. When she couldn’t afford lunch, we’d all pretend we couldn’t finish ours and sneak her the leftovers.

[We thought we were being so slick, but turns out Sierra knew all along. She’d always help us out, like sharpening pencils for everyone.]

[I’m the so-called troublemaker David keeps talking about. Sierra and I never did anything shady. We were just two broke

kids.

[I picked her up every day because we’d go to town together to make a little pocket money. And for the record, my grades were great. Just so you know, I graduated with a master’s this year.]

[David’s such a bastard, seriously. I’m local, and he’s always getting wasted in town, then stumbling home to beat his kids and

wife.

[His wife’s just as bad. She’s been beaten so many times and still won’t leave, leaving Sierra to suffer. Now she’s got cancer, maybe it’s karma or something.]

[Sierra was never their real kid. I don’t buy that whole ‘switched at birth’ story online. I bet they did it on purpose.]

People online were so shocked, they didn’t even know what to say,

Sierra got beaten up all the time as a kid. It was legit child abuse, and even the local cops confirmed it.

Even the IPs and ages of the people testifying all checked out.

Maybe a few were just chasing hype or trying to get followers, but most of the ones coming forward were for real. But what

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really made everyone lose it was still to come.

When Dalton got back to Amberty and saw Sierra trending online, he was shocked. He quickly put together all the info they’d gathered during their investigation and posted a long statement online.

The Amberty police said they’d spent a month in Dragonpool Town, and it turned out a lot of what people were saying online was true.

After it was confirmed that all the incidents of David abusing Sierra since childhood, including deliberately stabbing Sierra in the abdomen, were true, another matter was announced that left netizens feeling as if struck by lightning.

During their investigation, the police found out that David and Elouise had deliberately switched the babies. They were still gathering evidence, but the case was officially open, and they were about to make arrests.

People stared blankly at the Amberty police’s statement. The thousand-plus words felt like a swarm of tiny ants crawling all over them.

[Damn, no wonder Sierra did so to David at the hospital.]

[So, Natalie is actually David’s real kid. This wasn’t some mix-up or adoption. This is a crime, plain and simple.]

[Ugh, Sierra’s life has been pure tragedy. She was deliberately swapped as a kid, got beaten up every single day, barely survived, and finally made it into Northbel University thanks to her brains.

[Then she found her real family, but they only showered love on the fake daughter. Just imagining it makes my chest hurt.]

[Shawn, you can never make it right with Sierra.]

[Shawn even claimed Natalie was his sister? That’s just gross.]

[Guys, let’s not get sidetracked. David committed some serious crimes here. I really hope the cops throw the book at him.]

Online opinion always flips at the drop of a hat, just one excuse, and everyone picks a side.

Sierra had seen so much hate online that she almost felt sorry for those people, but inside, she was completely numb.

But compared to her calmness, both Sierra’s old and new families were in total uproar.

When Sharon saw the police confirm everything, she collapsed on the spot.

Luckily, the whole family was there, and Jonathan rushed over and quickly revived her using a traditional method.

When Sharon came to, she was stunned into silence for a moment, then broke down, sobbing uncontrollably.

She’d imagined a thousand different scenarios for Sierra’s childhood, but abuse was the last thing she ever expected,

She’d loved Natalie with everything she had, even driven her own daughter away for her.

But David and Elouise had a three-year-old fending for herself in the kitchen, banned Sierra from going to school at six, sent her at nine to pay off their debts, and the list went on.

All that pain, eighteen years of Sierra’s abuse, crammed into just a thousand words.

Sharon cried until her eyes were bloodshot, glancing around the room. “Where’s Natalie?”

Jonathan’s face was grim. “I don’t see her. Mom, please, just try to calm down…”

“How am I supposed to calm down?” Sharon dropped onto the couch, stomping her feet and yanking at her hair like she was losing her mind.

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She said, “I drove my own daughter away, treated my enemy’s daughter like she was my whole world, and what about may real daughter? She was stuck in some remote village with nothing but muddy roads, suffering abuse day after day?

Sharon looked up at Jonathan, her eyes filled with desperation and regret. “Did you see those photos? That huge scar on Sierra’s stomach?

“When she first came back, I asked her what she wanted, and all she said was that she wanted me to stay with her for the night. I saw it…”

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Sharon’s voice choked with emotion. “I saw that scar on her stomach, but I just thought it was from a small operation. Why didn’t I ask her about it?

“Sierra was so attached to me back then. If I’d just asked, she would’ve told me everything she’d gone through.

“Even if I loved Natalie, I would never let my enemy’s kid enjoy the good life in a wealthy home while my own daughter was barely scraping by. I would’ve thrown Natalie out, no mercy.”

Sharon let out a bitter laugh. “Jonathan, do you remember the day Sierra came back?”

Jonathan looked down, his memory a bit fuzzy. All he really remembered was that Sierra had been so thin back then.

Seeing Jonathan stay silent, Sharon said, “You and Shawn never really cared about Sierra, so of course you don’t remember. But I do.

“Sierra was wearing a pink coat, her hair long, with just a touch of makeup, and she smiled and called me ‘Mom.’

“But I was afraid Nat would get hurt, and I didn’t want her friends to find out she wasn’t my real daughter and treat her differently, so…”

Sharon’s eyes were empty, her tears falling untethered, like a kite with its string snapped.

She looked up at Jonathan, her voice trembling with regret. “So, I made her call me ‘Auntie’ instead.” From that day on, Sierra never called her “Mom” again.

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