Chapter 1954

I wasn't big on talking, especially about the past.

Three people shaped my life: Marion, Drake, and Theda. The first two gave me a second chance at life. Theda gave me a new one.

At first, I stuck with Theda to survive. I played on her soft side, securing a spot in the countryside to heal.

Those tough days showed me how much grit it took for her to keep me around. But she wasn't one to whine about hardships.

Theda was cold and calculating. She was a natural-born capitalist.

Her motto? Suffer to rise. If she got wet, she'd tear everyone else's umbrella.

She didn't care about others' pain. It wasn't her problem.

She saved me not out of pity, but because I was a useful labor.

I learned she

I thought it was fine, even imagining that men could conceive, since my only perks were taking

at first because

kid and remained

held a simple dinner, inviting the few people we

and others all


grand, but for me, it

weren't into

something incredible. They had pulled strings to fix my ID

never felt such

it out. He'd felt the

didn't cry. I just wished it'd come sooner,

hit City Hall and

felt almost unreal. Theda griped about the photo,

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