Chapter 97

Chapter97

The parent-teacher day came around.

Seeing my classmates with their parents, I felt a growing resentment. toward Ashley. I often found myself wondering, who was the real child here, her or me?

No answers came my way.

I got the seat closest to the teacher's podium.

Parents streamed in, and it seemed like everyone was staring at me.

The whispers started, "Her parents are around, but why show up for one kid's conference and skip the other's?"

"What kind of parents play favorites like that?"

The headteacher walked in last, and the empty seat next to me didn't. escape her notice.

In my previous life, I sat there in the corner. Feeling all those eyes on me, I couldn't take it and rushed out in a huff.

But this time, I didn't dodge the glances. "Sorry, my folks can't make it," I told the teacher, who understood my situation and gave me a sympathetic

nod.

the conference, I packed it up and headed

It was like my feet were

spot.

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Ashley's forehead, my dad carrying her bag,

who'd rushed over from college,

barely remember

wished, just for a second, that they'd

always there behind

never looked

car. I instinctively checked my phone,

felt a pang

in the evening,

usual

have you been? It's not the end of the world because of a

sounding lost. "Grace, did I say something wrong? Don't be upset

your parents from you. I'm almost eighteen.

you if

call was so

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