Chapter Nineteen: Family

Hello, and welcome back to the Hadley Legacy. When we last left off, everyone had their own opinions about who should be heiress. On team Katyrzena we have Gweny, Chelle, Gabija, and Kat herself. On team Wendy we have Ian and Wendy. And on team Gabija is her mother, Roxy. Poor Jayla doesn't get a team.

And it's birthday time in the Hadley house. First Roxy, Jayla, and Wendy...

...and three days later Chelle, Katyrzena, and Gabija.

Roxy didn't change much, just a few lines on her face.

And Chelle looks exactly the same.

This is Jayla, the athlete of the family.

She got a tattoo on her lower back, which we can see here, in a shot from before she cut her hair.

And this is Wendy, who grew into a bit of a perfectionist.

This is Gabija. She looks so charming and sweet, just like a legacy heiress should be? Well she hates children.

But Miss. Katyrzena, whose look is, erm, let's say tough, is family oriented.

"So, since everyone knows, Katyrzena, do you want to be heiress?"
"How did everyone find out?"

"Everyone's been talking about it. So, do you want to be the heiress?"
"Of course! I'd love to carry on our family name. Wouldn't you?"
"Not really. I mean, think about all the successful spares, not getting tied down by having to have babies all the time! And did you hear, Great Uncle Hayden's daughter married Barack Obama!"
"Sounds exciting, Gabi. So you'll be happy if I'm heiress?"
"I will, but I know some people won't."
"Really, who?"

Gabija leaned in to whisper in Katyrzena's ear.
"Wendy wants the title for herself," she said, "I think she'd do anything to get it. You're in danger, Katty. As long as you're heiress you're in danger."

Meanwhile, Wendy was doing some planning of her own.

She crouched behind Katyrzena, tension in her legs, ready to spring, to wrap her arms around her half-sister's throat and eliminate her competition.

"Kat, look out!" Gabija yelled just in time. Katyrzena turned and looked behind herself, to see a nervously grinning Wendy.
"What are you looking at?"
"You," Katyrzena snapped. "You really are trying to kill me!"

Katyrzena ran off to tell their mother, but Wendy followed her.
"What are you going to say to her?" Wendy asked. "Me, try to kill you, you're paranoid!"

"You're noting but a big looooser!"
And Katyrzena knew she was right, that no one would believe her, not now, when she didn't have any proof.

And so life in the Hadley household returned to normal. Gweny's next chess opponent was Ron, so she told him about his daughter being chosen for heiress.

"But Mrs. Hadley, I don't even know Kater- Kather- Katyr- Kat," Ron pointed out. "I didn't even want to be part of this in the first place. It was all Ian's idea. He was all, 'Ron, come on, if we make out with these legacy chicks maybe we'll get some air time, some attention,' and I didn't want to, but he said we both had to in case one of them was a spare or something."

"I don't want to be a legacy husband! I just want my brother to be happy."
"Mr. Thomas, you do realize that Chelle's not going to marry you just because your daughter was chosen."
"She's not? That's a relief, that chick scares me!"

And Katyrzena invites over her best friend in the whole wide world, Santiago. Once he's older, she'd love to date him.
"Oh, but Katty," Wendy said, lying through her teeth, "you know you can't marry him. I heard Grandma say that she wanted the heiress to marry that male maid."
"What?!"

Tune in next time, to find out if Katyrzena really has to marry the maid, or if she can marry Santiago, or if someone else will be the heiress, and who they will marry.
Also, hair!