From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 542
"Impersonate?" A mocking smile flickered across Daniel's face. "It's Anthea who's been pretending to be Rebecca all along!
Rebecca's simply too kind to hold it against her."
Hector could barely stop himself from slapping some sense into Daniel right then and there.
He was infuriating-so stubborn, so convinced he was the smartest person in the room, even with the truth right in front of him.
One of these days, he'd end up tangled in his own web.
"Here. This is a video of my idol racing yesterday. See for yourself who was behind the wheel last time. You want to accuse my
idol of impersonating Rebecca? You've got some nerve!"
Hector tossed a flash drive at Daniel, then slid into the car as the driver started the engine.
Daniel retrieved the flash drive from the pavement and climbed into his own car, plugging it in.
Sure enough, it was a racing video-shot from above by a drone. The driver was clearly Anthea.
But so what? Did a single racing video prove Anthea hadn't been impersonating Rebecca?
She'd been living under Rebecca's name since childhood, and now she was up to her old tricks again.

She had no conscience.
What did it matter if she was talented? She still couldn't hold a candle to Rebecca.
Fuming, Daniel slammed his laptop shut.
...
Anthea didn't hear about Sandra's death from carbon monoxide poisoning until the next day.
Regardless of everything, Sandra had once cared for her-or at least, for the person she now was. Now that she was gone,
Anthea knew she ought to pay her last respects.
She dressed in black from head to toe and drove to the funeral home.

The Morris family had fallen apart; the old friends who used to flock to their door were nowhere in sight.
Only Rebecca was there, kneeling alone by the casket, sobbing uncontrollably.
Anthea approached the coffin, bowed deeply, and placed a white chrysanthemum beside it.
She caught a glimpse of Sandra's face through the glass, frowning slightly. Despite the undertaker's best efforts with makeup,
the dark discoloration around Sandra's neck was impossible to hide.
It did match the classic signs of carbon monoxide poisoning-skin turning bluish or black as the body is starved of oxygen. But
even so, ther darkness on Sandra's neck looked unnatural, deeper than usual.

It reminded Anthea of an old friend from her previous life-a girl who'd suffered from severe depression. She too, had died from
carbon monoxide poisoning, but it was suicide: she'd taken three sleeping pills first, hoping to slip away painlessly.
An overdose of sleeping pills can change the way the skin looks compared to ordinary carbon monoxide deaths.
Could Sandra have taken sleeping pills before she died? Maybe she overslept and forgot to turn off the stove.
But why would Sandra take sleeping pills in the middle of the day? If it had happened at night, maybe it would make sense. But
her time of death was around noon-who takes sleeping pills in the morning?
Besides, from what Anthea knew of Sandra, suicide seemed completely out of character. Sandra had just found her real
daughter-why would she throw her life away now?
Something about all this felt very wrong.
Anthea's gaze shifted to Rebecca, still kneeling and weeping inconsolably. She narrowed her eyes.
Just then, the sharp sound of footsteps echoed through the room.
Daniel strode in, his anger flaring as soon as he saw Anthea. "What are you doing here? Crocodile tears? You're not welcome!"
If it weren't for Anthea, Sherman and Karen wouldn't have turned so completely against Rebecca.
Rebecca looked up at Daniel, her voice hoarse from crying. "Daniel, Anthea's only here to pay her respects to my mother. You
shouldn't say things like that."

Anthea's lips curled slightly. "Aren't you tired of putting on a show every day?" She turned her gaze fully on Daniel. "And as far as
I know, I've never done anything to you."
Daniel shot hera cold look. "You're the real actress here. Do you even know who Rebecca is? She's Sherman's fiancée. I
suggest you stay away from him-and stop coveting things that were never meant for you."
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