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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.

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They said they weren’t playing favorites, but all they cared about 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.

a golden child.

even if I

invisible one at home,

all the attention was

my favorite dishes, now only had what she

new toys and the best

someone who was always willing to help, sweet and caring.

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 her collection.

a doll Ashley didn’t want,

I didn’t treat Ashley like

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I would be the black sheep. In my previous life, it ruined my childhood,

anymore.

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

and Dad surprised us with

dresses.

Ashley waved the dresses at me. “Grace, which one do you prefer?”

previous life and

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 nonchalantly chose one of the

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

couldn’t stifle my annoyance at her

Ashley had her eye on the

took the dress away from me and held it up to Ashley. “Grace, you’re the elder sister. You should

dad and brother joined in, all

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mom, her voice barely a whisper. “Mom, Grace isn’t too fond of me. Maybe I

protective instincts kicked in, questioning Ashley if

eyes wide with fear, making me

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