Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

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“I’m off to my room,” I said, and then I did, locking the door behind me for some peace.

My personality has changed, I wasn’t always this shy. I fought back once.

There was this one time when I pulled Ashley aside, and even though I barely tugged, she hit the desk and started crying.

Just for that, my mom slapped me and made me apologize. She didn’t even give me a chance to explain what happened.

That time, I tried to stand my ground with a hunger strike, and even left home, hoping they’d miss me.

I waited for them at our usual park all day, but they never came.

When I finally returned, hungry and shivering, they were all snug in the living room, chuckling at the TV. The coffee table was a feast of snacks.

It was enough to make anyone snap.

I lost it, crushed the snacks under my feet, and got a beating for my outburst. After that, they punished me by taking away my lunch money, and forbid me to go out and play with my friends.

Who got out to play with them? Ashley did, and they all loved her.

They said they weren’t playing favorites, but all they cared about

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was that Ashley lost her parents. Did they ever think about how her arrival affected me?

It was really sad. In my previous life, I tried to fight and please them, but even when I jumped off the rooftop, they didn’t care.

My folks had all their love reserved for their adopted girl, Ashley.

was a golden

me even if I wasn’t

at home, only existing to

attention

my favorite dishes, now only had

same old story. Ashley got all the new toys and

who was

for Ashley, but when I asked for a doll, they’d tell me to take one that Ashley didn’t want

up with a doll Ashley didn’t want, but my folks never batted

always favored Ashley. If I didn’t treat Ashley like a princess, I would be the black sheep. In my previous life, it

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into studying, aiming for a top university. People might pick their favorites, but the future I was working hard for? That was all mine.

Mom and Dad surprised us with

downstairs, Ashley waved the dresses at

another act from her, because in my previous life and in

for Ashley, leaving me with the most used and worn down clothes, becoming a joke throughout the school year. But this time, I nonchalantly chose one

said, “If you like it, I’ll gladly give

my annoyance at

Ashley had her eye

you’re the elder sister. You

it, the happier she got. My dad and brother joined

Grace isn’t too fond

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dress to her.”

instincts kicked in, questioning Ashley if I had bullied her.

wide with fear, making me look bad.