Rising From Betrayal Reborn As The Family Outcast novel Chapter 79

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Alicia’s fans and viewers who liked her from the variety show couldn’t help but feel bad for her.

[Who would’ve thought this was the real story?]

[Damn, this is some major tea.]

[People really have no shame taking over someone else’s place these days, huh?]

[People really went after Alicia for nothing before.]

[People these days have totally trivialized depression. Now everyone claims they’re depressed at the drop of a hat. It’s just ridiculous.]

[Nicole looks perfectly normal to me. She doesn’t act anything like someone with real depression.]

[She just pulls the depression card whenever it’s convenient. How else is she supposed to act pitiful and fish for sympathy?]

[If someone was actually serious about suicide, they wouldn’t let anyone find out.]

[Anyone who’s watched those CEO dramas knows the type-classic white lotus faking a suicide attempt for attention. Can’t believe people actually fell for it.]

[Her manipulative moves are just disgusting.]

[They’re the ones who enabled her to be like this.]

[No wonder Alicia wants nothing to do with them. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Who knows how much more she’s been plotted against and hurt by Nicole and her mom behind the scenes?]

[I heard Leo Hammond bent over backwards to chase after his first wife back in the day. Now he’s got a new wife and treats his own daughter from his first marriage like trash. What a scumbag!]

[Get a stepmom, and suddenly your dad acts like a total stranger too.]

[Who needs trashy family and childhood friends anyway? Alicia doing the right thing.]

[Nicole’s alt account on X is just cringe. That profile pic screams edgy, and the posts are straight-up white lotus vibes.]

[Nicolas said in public he wouldn’t marry Nicole and that he only likes Alicia, but looking at Nicole’s alt posts, he’s always backing her up-even arguing with Alicia because of it.]

[Yeah, Nicole keeps pretending to feel guilty, but she’s totally flaunting how much Nicolas favors her.]

[Nicolas keeps saying he only wants to marry Alicia, but why is Starlight Entertainment helping Nicole throw shade at Alicia, and he never stands up for her?]

[Nicole was personally brought into Starlight Entertainment by Him, and he made it clear she should get special attention. No wonder she gets all the best opportunities.]

[Because Nicolas, the Starlight prince, indulges her, everyone at Starlight thinks they can walk all over Alicia)

[He actually has the nerve to say he only likes Alicia? What a scumbag.]

[Nicole acts all fragile and depends on them for everything, treating them like gods. Of course, that just feeds their macho egos.]

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[Honestly, Alicia cutting ties with him and refusing to marry him was the best move ever!]

[I used to really like Nicolas. He seemed so real, handsome, and baded. Never thought he’d turn out to be such a jerk.]

[He should just go be stuck with Nicole and leave Alicia alone.]

As more and more tea got spilled, people’s disgust for Nicole and her mom hit the roof.

Same goes for the Hammond family, Nicolas, and Maxwell.

Alicia’s fans and some bystanders stormed Nicole’s X account, flooding it with comments.

Nicolas’s fans checked out Nicole’s alt account and were absolutely disgusted.

They started dragging Nicole in the comments, and honestly, it was even harsher than anything Alicia ever got.

A ton of fans were so let down by Nicolas that they just jumped ship and unfollowed him.

Nicole also lost a huge chunk of her followers.

But there were still some loyal stans hyping her up and making noise.

They kept bragging that Nicole wasn’t even Leo’s real daughter, but she still got treated like royalty. She’s totally winning at

life.

To them, Nicole is just that awesome-who cares about the so-called real heiress anyway?

They insisted that everyone was just jealous of Nicole, which was why people were going off on her in the comments.

They said Alicia made the right call by leaving-now Nicole would be the one and only pampered heiress in the Hammond family.

But honestly, that just made the onlookers even more disgusted.

Then, [Nicole, the Hammond Family Heiress, Hosted Leo’s Birthday Party] started trending.

Everyone was just like: “…”

Wow, Nicole really never misses a chance to buy herself a trending topic, even now.

She even made a point to highlight her status as the Hammond family heiress.

Turns out, the only reason she got to host the party was because Alicia didn’t even bother to go.

It used to be Alicia running the show every year.

Nicole really had some nerve.

She’s constantly buying her way onto the trending list just to hype herself up. It’s getting old.

Her comment section was either full of her stans singing her praises, or people dragging her and spamming, “Can you please stop buying trending topics already?”

Even if she’s got a subscription to the trending list, does she really have to spam it every other day?

And she’s got the nerve to shamelessly twist the story-moving fight in, kicking Alicia out, and parading around like she’s the true Hammond heiress.

No wonder she’s obsessed with rhododendrons. She and her mom are just a pair of cuckoo birds, always kicking others out

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and making themselves at home.

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Of course, Nicole wasn’t the one buying up that trending topic. Right now, she was just holed up in her room, crying and hoping her brothers would come in and comfort her.

Today just happened to be Jason’s acupuncture day.

After they finished eating, they headed over to Jason’s place for his treatment.

Once the needles were out, Alicia grabbed her phone and started scrolling through the latest gossip with Jason.

She turned to Jason and asked, “Were you the one who set up the leak for the birthday party video?”

Jason shook his head. “Nope, that wasn’t me.”

He shot her a half-smirk. “Probably one of your old fanboys did.”

He added, “And whoever claimed to be your middle school classmate? That wasn’t me either.”

Alicia was a total knockout since she was a kid-crazy talented and always full of positive energy.

Back in school, she had guys lining up for her.

Even some of the popular guys in her circle were crushing on her.

But every time someone tried to get close, Nicolas would secretly sabotage things, making sure no one got anywhere near her romantically.

Alicia couldn’t help but laugh. “Guess I should really thank them for that.”

Back when she was getting dragged online, plenty of people reached out to comfort her or offered to help.

After the birthday party drama, even more people messaged her either to check in or see if she needed anything.

She didn’t take them up on it, but honestly, compared to her so-called family and childhood friends, it actually warmed her heart a little.

Seeing what that middle school classmate said, Alicia could only think to herself how fickle people can be.

Back then, her brothers and Nicolas were always fussing over her Whatever she wanted, they’d make sure she got it.

Once when she was sick, Nicolas didn’t just carry her up and down six flights of stairs-he even stayed with her the whole night at the hospital while she was getting an IV.

It was freezing that night, so he bought her a hot water bottle. Every time it cooled off, he’d go reheat it for her.

By the time she recovered, he ended up getting sick himself.

There were plenty of moments like that.

Maxwell and Caleb also did a ton for her back in school.

That’s why she was always so good to them, and why her feelings for them ran so deep.

Alicia was always clear about who she liked and who she didn’t-f someone treated her well, she’d give back even more.

But if anyone ever hurt her, she’d make sure they regretted it, big time.

They spent a while plotting what kind of trouble to cause next, and then Alicia headed out.

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That night, the three Hammond brothers were so exhausted that none of them made a move to check on Nicole. Nicole waited for them, but when nobody showed up, she felt even more wronged and just broke down crying again.

And with all that dirt about her blowing up online, she was getting absolutely dragged nonstop.

She just couldn’t handle it anymore and ended up sobbing her heart out until the middle of the night.

The next morning, she finally came out of her room with swollen, red eyes-and only then did Leo and her brothers bother to comfort her.

But none of them even brought up helping her do any damage control online.

Nicole got

sick that same day and was taken to the hospital.

Someone filmed it and posted it online, and she ended up trending again.

That just made everyone even more annoyed with her.

Two days went by.

Jason told Alicia that Kevin was digging into Haley’s background and had already started taking action against her, loudly claiming he was doing it to stand up for Alicia.

Alicia just sighed. “Mind if I use your phone? I need to call Kevin myself.”

Jason pulled up Kevin’s number, dialed it, and handed the phone to Alicia.

Kevin picked up right away. “Mr. Farrell, what can I do for you?”

Alicia said, “It’s me, Alicia.”

Kevin was caught off guard, his voice lighting up with surprise. Ally!”

‘Wait, Ally’s actually calling me? Does this mean she’s not mad at me anymore?’ Kevin thought, a flicker of hope in his heart.

Alicia’s voice was cold. “Can you guys stop meddling in Haley’s business?

“When she stabbed me in the back, not one of you stepped up for me.

“I’ll handle my own revenge. I don’t need you pretending to care how that it’s convenient for you.

“All this acting like you’re my avengers now? It’s honestly disgusting.”

Alicia had already set everything in motion for her payback against Haley.

If the Hammond brothers got involved, it would just throw a wrench in her plans-and honestly, it was annoying as hell.

They were only targeting Haley so she’d feel indebted to them.

It was all just for show, making it look like they were her knights in shining armor.

Truth was, she didn’t need them at all anymore.

Kevin looked genuinely hurt. “We just want to make her pay for what she did to you. We won’t let anyone mess with you again.”

Alicia let out a cold laugh. “Oh, really? So where were you when actually needed you?

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“You never bother with the stuff that actually matters, but the moment it’s something pointless, you’re suddenly all in. You guys are pros at playing dumb.

“The more you act like this, the more it just pisses me off.”

She let out another cold snort. “Stay out of my business, or don’t blame me if I stop playing nice.”

She didn’t even wait for a response before hanging up.

Kevin’s face twisted with bitterness. ‘Ally doesn’t even want us helping her get back at people, and she straight-up called us disgusting?’ The word stung more than he expected.

He knew exactly what she was talking about when she said they ever bothered to dig into the things that actually mattered.

But his dad had told him to back off, so his hands were tied and he couldn’t do anything about it.

Honestly, it just hurt like hell.

Two days later.

Leo’s assistant caught wind that Alicia had stepped out and was seen at a restaurant.

So he called Kevin and the two of them headed straight to the place.

Lately, he’d been wanting to talk to Alicia, but she kept dodging is calls.

So all he could do was have his people keep an eye on her whereabouts.

When Leo and Kevin finally arrived at the restaurant, they saw Alicia sitting with someone, totally relaxed and laughing, clearly having a great time.

Leo’s face turned stormy, his eyes burning with rage.

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