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

miss me even if I wasn’t

I became the invisible one at home, only existing to go

attention was on Ashley.

once filled with my favorite

all the new toys and the best snacks, and I was left with

Ashley seemed like someone who was always willing to help,

when I asked for a doll, they’d

up with a doll Ashley didn’t want, but my

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

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Christmas was over, I would throw myself into studying, aiming for a top university. People might pick their favorites, but the future I was

Dad surprised us with two dresses.

I was heading downstairs, Ashley waved the dresses at me.

her, because in my previous life and in this one, we never got along, so I

past, to punish me, my parents only bought new clothes for Ashley, leaving me with the most used and worn down clothes, becoming a joke throughout the school year. But this time, I

“If you like it, I’ll gladly give it to you.”

couldn’t stifle my annoyance at her

knew Ashley had her eye on the dress

and held it up to Ashley. “Grace, you’re the elder sister.

got. My dad and brother joined in, all pushing Ashley to change into the dress.

barely a whisper. “Mom, Grace isn’t too fond of me. Maybe I should return the

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dress to her.”

protective instincts kicked in, questioning Ashley if

wide with fear, making me look