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 child.

even if I wasn’t around.

at home, only existing to go

the attention was

filled with my favorite dishes, now only

got all the new toys and the

someone who was always willing to help, sweet and

but when I asked for a doll,

didn’t want, but my folks

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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myself into studying, aiming for a top university. People might pick their favorites, but the future

Mom and Dad surprised us with

heading downstairs, Ashley waved the dresses at me. “Grace, which one

my previous life and in this one, we never got

for Ashley, leaving me with the most used and

look and said, “If you like it, I’ll gladly

couldn’t stifle my annoyance at her act.

Ashley had her eye on the dress

held it up to Ashley. “Grace, you’re the elder sister. You should let Ashley have it. Let’s

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

nestled against my mom, her voice barely a whisper. “Mom, Grace isn’t too fond

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dress to her.”

instincts kicked in, questioning Ashley

her head timidly, her eyes wide with fear, making