I Don’t Need Your Fake Love by Melandia

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

The parent–teacher day came around.

Seeing my classmates with their parents, I felt a growing resentment toward Ashley. I often found myself wondering, who was the real child here, her or me?

No answers came my way.

I got the seat closest to the teacher’s podium.

Parents streamed in, and it seemed like everyone was staring

at me.

The whispers started, “Her parents are around, but why show up for one kid’s conference and skip the other’s?”

“What kind of parents play favorites like that?”

The headteacher walked in last, and the empty seat next to me didn’t escape her notice.

In my previous life, I sat there in the corner. Feeling all those eyes on me, I couldn’t take it and rushed out in a huff.

But this time, I didn’t dodge the glances. “Sorry, my folks can’t make it,” I told the teacher, who understood my situation and gave me a sympathetic nod.

After the conference, I packed it up and headed home, the same as always.

But at the school gate, I saw them. It was like my feet were

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mom, wiping Ashley’s forehead, my dad carrying her bag, and

could barely remember what they tasted like.

turn around

always there

never

my phone,

felt a pang of loss.

o’clock in the evening, but they didn’t show up.

starving, so I hit my usual burger joint. That

“Where the hell have you been? It’s not the end of the world

I say something wrong? Don’t be upset with

“I’m sorry, Grace. I didn’t mean to take your parents from you. I’m almost

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not going to miss you if you don’t

call was so loud.

back. When I got home, they were all in the living room, gunning for

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