The Lost Affection

The Story

Maryam Hegazi’s cherished life as a beloved daughter shatters when the truth reveals she is not her family’s biological child, but rather an impostor to the rightful heir, Layla Hegazi. The moment Layla returns, Maryam’s parents and eldest brother abandon her, blindly accepting every word from their new daughter. When Maryam is falsely accused of causing her grandmother Yusra to fall into a coma, the family casts her out, sending her to a brutal reform school. Three years of agonizing abuse leave her permanently disabled. She returns to her former home, no longer the bright, cheerful girl she once was. Instead, Maryam is cold, distant, and completely detached from everyone who wronged her.