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

me even if I

became the invisible one at home, only existing to go to school and do my homework.

dinner, all the attention was on

my favorite dishes, now only had what

toys and the best snacks, and I was left with whatever she didn’t

was always willing to help, sweet and

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

Ashley didn’t want, but

a princess, I would be the black sheep. In my previous life, it ruined my childhood, but I wasn’t going to let

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

Dad surprised us

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

life and

and worn down clothes, becoming a joke throughout the school

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

annoyance at

parents knew Ashley had her eye

you’re the elder sister. You should let Ashley have it. Let’s

looked at it, the happier she got. My dad and brother joined in, all

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

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dress to her.”

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

her head timidly, her eyes wide with fear, making me look bad.