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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.

was a golden

even

I became the invisible one at home, only existing to go to

all the attention was

once filled with my favorite

the new toys and the best snacks, and I was left with whatever she

seemed like someone who was always willing to help,

paid a 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, but my folks never

favored Ashley. If I didn’t

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In my previous life, it ruined my childhood, but I wasn’t going to let

anymore.

would throw myself into studying, aiming for a top university. People might pick their favorites, but the future I was working hard for? That was all

Eve, Mom and Dad surprised us with

dresses.

I was heading downstairs, Ashley waved the dresses at

from her, because in my previous life and in this one, we never got along, so I just shrugged.

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

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

stifle my annoyance at

my parents knew Ashley had her

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

my mom looked at it, the happier she got. My dad and brother joined in, all pushing Ashley to

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against my mom, her voice barely a whisper. “Mom, Grace isn’t too fond of me. Maybe I should return the dress

instincts kicked in, questioning Ashley

eyes wide with fear, making me look bad.

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