Poor Maid Takes DNA Test and Discovers She Is the Daughter of a Mogul — Story of the Day
A young woman who works as a maid for a billionaire’s family does a DNA test and discovers she is his daughter.
Ellie Barrows was as poor as a church mouse, but she had grown up surrounded by luxury. Her mother had been the housekeeper to a Wall Street billionaire, Kingston Dane, since before Ellie was born, and all her children had had the run of the grounds.
Ellie would often spy on Kingston Dane’s only daughter Rachel. For Ellie, Rachel was like a fairytale princess. and she desperately wanted to be just like her, to wear pretty dresses, talk to her, be her friend. But Rachel always treated her with disdain.
Ellie Barrows grew up in a luxurious mansion, and worked as a maid | Source: Shutterstock.com
As Ellie and Rachel grew up, and Ellie started doing part-time work at the mansion, the differences between them seemed even greater, and the rich girl was even more unpleasant, arrogant, and demanding.
When Ellie finished high school, she knew that there was no money for college. If she wanted to study further, she’d have to work, so she enrolled in night classes at the local community college and took a full-time job as a maid at the Dane mansion.
It seemed to Ellie that Rachel went out of her way to make her life more difficult, and she told her mother so. Mrs. Barrows refused to take sides. “It’s Miss Rachel’s right to ask us to serve her…”
“Mom, she doesn’t have to be so AWFUL about it!” Ellie protested.
Ellie’s mom had been a housekeeper at the billionaire’s mansion for 25 years | Source: Pexels
“Listen to me Ellie,” Mrs. Barrow said, “For the last 25 years the Danes have treated me well, and it’s thanks to this job that I’ve put food on the table for you and your brothers and sisters…”
“Mom,” Ellie said angrily, “he’s not doing you a favor, you WORK for every penny he pays you, and then some! Kingston Dane is…”
“Don’t you badmouth him!” cried Mrs. Barrow. “EVER! Mr. Dane is a fine fair man. When your father became unable to work, it was Mr. Dane who helped me. So don’t you criticize him!”
Ellie was furious, and when her work shift ended she stomped out angrily. In class, she ended up baring her soul to her closest friend. “Can you believe she...