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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

me even

one at home,

dinner, all the attention was

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

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

who was always willing to help, sweet and caring.

I asked for a doll, they’d tell me to take one that Ashley

Ashley didn’t

Ashley. If I didn’t treat Ashley like

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sheep. In my previous life, it ruined

anymore.

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

Mom and Dad surprised us with

dresses.

the dresses at me. “Grace, which one

from her, because in my previous life and in this one, we

used and worn down clothes, becoming a joke throughout the school year. But this time, I nonchalantly chose one of the

a sad look and said, “If you like

my annoyance at

knew Ashley had her eye on the dress.

up to Ashley. “Grace, you’re the elder sister. You should let Ashley have it. Let’s see the dress

she got. My dad

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

in, questioning Ashley if I

wide with fear, making me look

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