Raindrops soaked the ground, everyone joined in to enliven the honorable Miller family's mourning. There, it was seen that the main family was crying over the departure of chairman George Miller. The sound of footsteps being splashed with rainwater was heard, all eyes turned to the girl with a makeshift appearance. No one is not amazed by her beauty, but with an appearance like that people are curious. Who is she?
The girl immediately entered the hall, she stared at the photo that was displayed in the middle with flower arrangements around the photo. The girl had paid her last respects to Mr. George Miller. After that she stepped back and stood in the corner of the room. Seeing her coming the main Miller family was really surprised. Especially, with such a look they felt ashamed of the guests who were present at the funeral of Mister Miller.
The favorite daughter of the Miller family protests against her mother. "Mom what are you going to tell people? Why did she come here?"
"I ain't understand either, your grandpa asked her to come. But it's okay! You don't need to worry about it, just ignore that girl!"
"How can I ignore it? You see, if she doesn't feel lost at all, at least she has to cry in front of the media that comes! Especially with her clothes that are so ugly, other people will think that we have tortured her!" Anna looked at the girl intently. She snorted in annoyance.
That woman really ruined her day, not long after their father came. Mr. Jack Miller will take the stage to greet the guests in attendance. Alexa realized that what Anna said was true, but for now she had to focus on the speech that her husband would deliver. "Anna, turn your eyes elsewhere. Your father has arrived and he will be giving his welcome soon!"
Anna nodded slowly.
Emma stood in a corner with a disinterested face, the woman didn't care even though she was being talked about by many people.
"Who's she?"
"I think it was the second daughter of the Millers! Mr. George called her back before he died."
"No wonder, so that's the goal. Rumor has it there will be a public reading of the will. Maybe that's the reason she was summoned back!"
The girl named Emma, since childhood she was exiled by her own grandfather after the incident 20 years ago, Emma witnessed the tragic death of the Miller family's eldest daughter named Liz due to drowning in the lake, but her body has not been found until now. This traumatized Emma so she was often alone. Because of this, her grandmother died. Since then, Emma has been labeled as a child who brings bad luck, so she is exiled in the countryside and only cared for by one maid there. Just before her grandfather's death, Emma was asked to return home because there was something to be found out about.
Jack started his speech, starting with greetings for the guests and then the great things that Mr. George did in his life, the last one expressed his wishes for their family's company in the future. After his speech was over, Jack took turns with a corporate attorney named Mike. The man came on stage carrying a sealed envelope.
"I think it's time to announce the heirs," said one of the guests.
Emma who was standing in a corner still didn't seem to care about what was going to happen. She heard everything people said, even though she remained silent, but her ears were so sensitive that she could hear everyone's words clearly.
"Thank you all for your time, I, as Mr. George Miller's lawyer, will announce the matter of the will left by him."
Attorney Mike opened the brown envelope he was carrying. He took a deep breath then read the contents of the letter clearly and aloud. "I, the undersigned, George Miller. I hereby declare that all of my assets consisting of the Miller Company, cash in the amount of 1 billion dollars in a Swiss bank, and all assets recorded in my name will be handed over to my heir, my granddaughter Emma Miller."
That statement made everyone widen their eyes, as if it was impossible to hear. However, the reality is like that. Jack Miller as the direct son of Mr. George objected. How could his father give all that wealth to Emma?
"Interrupt! How do we know that the will is genuine? As we know that Emma was exiled by Mr. George himself. Isn't that impossible? If all of his assets were given in Emma's name?" Jack was standing in the middle of the crowd, then he turned to lawyer Mike. While Emma was still silent and did not care at all.
"What exactly do you want grandpa?" Emma muttered to herself.
While the other Millers looked horrified, they felt hurt because all the treasure fell into Emma's hands. With everyone watching, Jack asks for the authenticity of the will. Mike's lawyer immediately gave a video as evidence left by Mr. George. After seeing that no one dared to protest. Mike's lawyer immediately called Miss Emma to come closer to him. With a lazy way, now Emma is the center of attention. Her face still looked indifferent, but as she passed her family she gave a slight smirk to them.
Emma walked closer to the Millers, she stood beside her mother, Alexa. Also her younger siblings Anna and Ben. Emma waited for Mike's lawyer's next statement, the woman took a deep breath.
"No way," said Anna who was disappointed at her grandfather's will.
"Ssh, let's listen to the rest first, after that we'll act." her mother said soothingly.
Emma looked at the two women, all this time Emma had been neglected because she was thought to be the killer of her eldest sister, even though she hadn't done anything at all. Emma was indeed there when the death occurred, but she was also still a child who didn't know how to save people. After that, Emma was exiled because her family considered her to bring bad luck. Especially because of the news of the death of her first sister, her grandmother also had a heart attack and eventually died.
That's Emma's bad story in the past why she could be exiled.
