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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 child.

wouldn’t miss me even

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

all the attention was on Ashley.

once filled with my favorite dishes, now only had what she liked.

was the same old story. Ashley got all the new toys and the best snacks, and I was left

seemed like someone who was always willing

notebook for Ashley, but when I asked for a doll,

Ashley didn’t want, but my

I didn’t treat

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life, it ruined my childhood, but I wasn’t going

anymore.

over, I would throw myself into studying, aiming for a top university. People might

Christmas Eve, Mom and Dad surprised

dresses.

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

life and in

new clothes for Ashley, leaving me with the most used and worn down

“If you like it, I’ll gladly

annoyance at

her eye on the dress. I’d

Ashley. “Grace, you’re the elder sister. You should let Ashley

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

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isn’t too fond

brother’s protective instincts kicked in, questioning Ashley

head timidly, her eyes wide with fear, making me look bad.

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