The screens continued to cycle through evidence, each image and document a damning indictment of the Swan family's deceit. The audience watched in stunned silence, their initial skepticism dissolving into a mixture of awe and outrage. Even Selena seemed shaken, her carefully constructed composure beginning to crack.
"And that's not all," Echinacia continued, her voice gaining momentum.
"Let's move on to Ai Swan Empire, your media conglomerate. Do you remember the innovative storytelling techniques? The groundbreaking virtual reality experiences? Those were all my ideas."
She gestured towards another set of screens displaying scripts, storyboards, and design documents for Ai Swan Empire's most successful projects.
"And Dynasty League Cars? The sleek designs? The revolutionary engine technology? I spent years perfecting those concepts, only to have you steal them and claim them as your own."
The evidence mounted, each revelation a crushing blow to the Swans' carefully cultivated image. The audience was no longer a passive observer; they were active participants in the unfolding drama, their faces reflecting a mixture of shock, disbelief, and growing anger.
Selena's face was now a mask of barely contained panic. She opened her mouth to speak, to deny the accusations, but the words caught in her throat. The sheer volume of evidence was overwhelming, and she knew that any attempt to refute it would only make her look guilty.
Echinacia paused, letting the weight of her revelations sink in. She surveyed the room, her eyes meeting those of the stunned audience members.
"But the most egregious theft," she said, her voice dropping to a near whisper.
"Ahh now my dear sister from music, acting, school, designing, modeling, painting, cooking, ahh dancing, my choreography, and they are the others that you stole from me, but Selena you are so disgusting running over your foster father my biological father who raises you at the time for eighteen years! Yet you ungrateful wrench not only did you run him over once but four times," Echinacia said and slapped Selena.
"I will slap you four times and tell you the reasons!" Echinacia said.
The slap echoed through the stunned silence, a sharp crack that seemed to snap the audience out of their trance. Selena staggered back, her hand flying to her cheek, a bright red mark already forming. The room erupted into chaos once more, a cacophony of gasps and murmurs rising from the crowd.
Echinacia stood tall, her eyes blazing with a fierce intensity as she faced down her sister. The air crackled with tension, the weight of Echinacia's accusation hanging heavy in the room.
"One," Echinacia counted off, her voice steady and cold.
"For stealing my identity. My life. My everything."
She raised her hand again, bringing it down in a stinging slap across Selena's other cheek.
"Two," she continued mercilessly.
"For killing our father. The man who loved you like his own daughter."
Selena stumbled, tears streaming down her face, but Echinacia wasn't finished.
"Three," she spat, delivering another brutal slap.
"For framing me. For letting me take the fall for your crimes. Also for putting my biological father wife my biological mother into a coma and then killed her!"
The third slap seemed to snap something inside Selena. She lunged at Echinacia, her hands clawing and scratching, a wild animal desperate to defend itself. The two sisters tumbled to the ground, a whirlwind of fury and desperation.
Echinacia fought back with a cold, calculated rage. She'd waited years for this moment, and she wasn't about to let Selena's hysteria derail her vengeance. She grabbed Selena's wrists, pinning them above her head with a strength that belied her slender frame.
"Four," she hissed, their faces inches apart.
"For everything else. For being a thief. A murderer. A fraud."
With a final surge of strength, Echinacia slammed Selena's wrists against the floor, the impact echoing through the chaos of the room. She leaned in close, her voice low and venomous.
"You're nothing without me," she whispered.
"And now, I'm taking it all back."
She stood up slowly, leaving Selena sprawled on the floor in a heap of tears and tangled designer dress. The room was silent, the audience frozen in shock at the brutal display of sibling rivalry turned deadly serious.
The laughter that escaped Echinacia's lips was brittle and laced with a chilling edge. The pain from Jacob's kick was a mere annoyance compared to the years of betrayal and manipulation she had endured. Seeing the Swans – Jacob, Ella, and a sobbing Selena – huddled together, desperately trying to salvage their crumbling image, only fueled her contempt.
She slowly straightened up, ignoring the throbbing in her leg. Her gaze swept over them, cold and unwavering.
"Mrs. Swan," she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Did you and Mr. Swan forget how you practically begged me to take the fall for your precious daughter? Remember those tearful pleas? The promises of gratitude? The assurances that I would always be a part of your family?"
Ella Swan's face contorted with guilt and anger. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Jacob stood stiffly beside her, his jaw clenched tight, eyes flashing with a mix of fear and fury.
"And you," Echinacia turned to Jacob, her voice rising with each word.
"You, who I called Father. Who I trusted. Who I loved."
She spat the words like venom, each one a dagger aimed at his heart.
"You betrayed me. You used me. And for what? Power? Money? A chance to mold your real daughter into your perfect heir?"
Her laughter echoed through the room again, harsh and bitter.
"And Selena," she said, turning her attention to her sobbing sister.
"You're the worst of them all. The thief who stole everything from me. The murderer who killed our father."
Echinacia's voice broke on the last word, a single tear slipping down her cheek. But she wiped it away quickly, refusing to let them see her weakness.
"I'm done being silent."
A voice came out and Echinica knew that was Zion her ex boyfriend a cheating bastard who played with her emotions Selena rushed over and cried on her now husband arms.
"Zion she is bullying me!" Selena said.
"Echinacia I don't like you stop chasing after me," Zion said arrogantly. Echinacia snorted out she fall out of love with this guy when he lied to her. He was also the one who told her to take the fall for Selena when Selena and himself were already hooking up scumbag.