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 feared pain. I thought it was fine, even imagining that men could conceive, since my only perks

marry at first because I

kid and remained nameless in Wrastow

held a simple dinner, inviting the few people we knew. In the end, we barely

Debra, and others all showed


but for

weren't into flashy stuff. Simplicity

and Marion gifted us something incredible. They

such belonging.

told me to let it out. He'd

just wished it'd come sooner, though it didn't really

day, Theda and I hit City Hall and got

almost unreal. Theda griped about the photo, but to me,

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