Awakened After Death

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Opal Newbury has lived her life as the disfavored daughter. Her mother, Evelyn Newbury, took in Edith Kellie, the child of her deceased friend, and poured all her affection onto the girl, while Opal was raised by her grandmother and later sent to a rundown boarding school. When Edith jumps into a river to prove her love for the school bully, Evelyn dives in to save her, and Edith pushes her head underwater. Evelyn drowns; Edith is rescued.

Reborn on the day of the river, Opal rushes to stop Evelyn from jumping in, but Evelyn slaps her and shoves her into the icy water instead, shouting that Opal deserves to die. Both girls are rescued, yet in the hospital Evelyn tends only to Edith, coldly telling Opal to go home because the bed costs money. Opal now understands the truth she learned in her past life: Edith's father was Evelyn's longtime lover, and Opal's own birth was a shame.

With her father, Conrad Newbury, often absent and Edith playing the devoted daughter, Opal stands alone against a family that has never wanted her.