Maisie Joyce postponed the succession ceremony, but Claire Chapman still hadn't returned.
Facing Keith Preston's constant urging, she knew she couldn't delay any longer.
She couldn't say she felt no resentment.
However, she was also well aware of how important Paige Summers was to Claire Chapman. He might have been momentarily thoughtless, but in the end, she, Maisie Joyce, didn't even rank in his heart.
She couldn't help but sigh.
'I must have terrible luck.'
For all those years, she had desperately tried to please Leo Joyce, only to be detested and hated to such an extent by her own flesh-and-blood brother. And May, who had lived with her under the same roof and called her "Second Sister" for so many years, had shown her barely any real affection.
Now, for better or worse, they were gone.
As for the others around her, there might be those who admired her abilities, but there wasn't a single person who truly cared for her and held her dear.
