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“I didn’t say anything. Why would you think I’m angry?” I felt my fingers turned icy.

Antonio suddenly felt like a stranger.

We’d navigated his decade–long entrepreneurial journey together, side–by–side.

Now, I was reduced to nothing more than a means to end.

Antonio roared, “What do you mean by that? She’s your sister! Why can’t you show her some concern?”

Swallowing the ache in my chest, I took a deep breath. “She’s not my sister. She’s the bastard child of a mistress.”

His face contorted with rage, “Grace! How dare you speak to Stella like that!

“Apologize to her right now! No wonder your own parents abandoned you!

“No wonder no one likes you.

“You’re repulsive!”

He’d actually used my deepest insecurities against me.

My father’s affair and my mother’s subsequent departure had left me feeling unwanted.

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my parents arguing next

in the world. Even

had believed him.

envisioned building a happy family with him, working tirelessly to

I’d mentioned

why. He’d never loved me.

my eyes as I

Antonio’s eyes flickered.

far, “I rushed home today and neglected

the opportunity to neglect me again,”

to leave, a message from my mom arrived.

booked

was in two weeks,

had become the

and anything that reminded me

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