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"I raised you all these years and this is how you repay me?"

I sneered back, "If by nurturing you mean locking me up in the attic and assigning me the appropriate amount of food based on the amount of chores I do, then why don't you raise Alice that way?"

With that said, I ignored his angry curses and hung up the phone.

Whenever I am alone, I think of the past.

They are as far away as a shadow, but as close as a shudder.

For years, almost every drop of my heart and soul went to subsidising my adoptive parents, paying off the gambling debts they owed, and keeping their-pack's running.

But they never changed their ways, they were still addicted to gambling, and this endless vicious cycle exhausted me.

But now, I'm finally free.

I'm free to decide where my money goes, free to spend it on people and things that matter.

As I sat at the small kitchen table, sunlight filtering through the window, I weighed the possibilities in my mind.

What did I want to do with this newfound freedom? My thoughts drifted to the orphanage, a place that had always held a special spot in my heart.

Once, I was nearly an orphan myself, and now that I had the means, I wanted to help those children, to give them a future brighter than the one that had once seemed destined for me. The decision came quietly, like a gentle breeze stirring the leaves.

I would keep some of the money for myself, for small pleasures and future needs, but the rest-yes, the rest would go to the orphanage.

Those children deserved better.

and I sat down for breakfast,

a donation to the orphanage," I said, trying to keep my tone casual, though my heart pounded with

time

neutral as always, but I noticed a flicker of something

so happens that I have no official business to attend to this weekend," he replied. "I could

an eyebrow,

had the concept of a

life, and even the most important

familiar longing

day with me on

rare and unexpected gesture, one that warmed my heart more than I cared to

I was struck by the sight of the director

face lit up with a broad smile as she

you call in advance? I would have

on my face, because Leo coughed lightly, his expression a mix of discomfort

I Amazed the World, the

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know you?" I

woman in her fifties with kind eyes and a warm demeanor, answered before Leo could

here to start charity events. He's done so much

quickly cut in with his usual cold,

image," he said coldly. "Part

saw

warm within, wasn't as unfeeling as he

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