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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

even if I wasn’t

one at home, only existing to go to school and

all the attention was

filled with my favorite dishes,

all the new toys and the best snacks, and

someone who was always willing to help, sweet

but when I asked for a doll, they’d tell me to take one that Ashley didn’t

with a doll Ashley didn’t want, but my folks never batted an eye.

I didn’t treat

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

anymore.

aiming for a top university. People might pick their favorites, but the future I was

Mom and Dad surprised us with

dresses.

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

life and in

and worn down clothes, becoming a joke throughout

said, “If you like it, I’ll gladly

my annoyance at her

knew Ashley had her eye on the

away from me and held it up to Ashley. “Grace, you’re the elder sister. You should let Ashley have it. Let’s

happier she got. My dad and brother joined in, all pushing Ashley to

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nestled against my mom, her voice barely a whisper. “Mom, Grace isn’t too fond of me.

kicked in, questioning Ashley if I had

her head timidly, her eyes wide with fear, making me

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