Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Meryl retorted, "Why should I apologize to Dalton? I didn't do anything wrong!"

"You beat him, Meryl! That's definitely on you. You owe him an apology!" Malcolm's voice was sharp, frustration dripping from every word.

After everything that had happened recently, Meryl had come to a conclusion: swallowing her pride and staying silent only encouraged those who bullied her to push harder.

She thought to herself, "I've been bending over backward for

the Stone family all these years, and what did I get in return?

A one-way ticket to jail for my troubles.

How ridiculous is that?

I've done nothing wrong from the start. So why should I keep backing down? Why let them walk all over me?

If the Stone family is biased, then I'm done playing the good girl.

In their eyes, no matter how well-behaved I am, the only true

'good'girl' is Lydia."

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"Are you sure Dalton wants me to apologize? He got knocked out by a woman last night; now he's the laughingstock of the whole circle. If I go to him and say sorry, it's just going to remind him of the humiliation all over again!" "Meryl, stop making excuses! Don't make me drag you there myself!"

Dalton, fine.

"What kind of nonsense

all pretending it didn't happen? Lydia slept with my fiancé, and you and Mom always love to play the fair judge, right? "So tell

Malcolm was left speechless.

the way, about last night, even the police ruled it as self-defense. If you have any objections, why not just call the cops and have them

dumbfounded by Meryl's barrage

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fit of anger, he hung up the

minutes later,

Malcolm were playing good cop,

public last night? You can't just say things like that! And where have you been for the last few

do you think I went back to the

Bianca was momentarily speechless.

up some random guy off the street to marry. He's got nothing, not a dime to his name, and he's not

to drive me crazy?"

with disbelief.

and I've just given up. Isn't that what

face turned

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"You really are impossible!"

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moment, Chandler, who had just turned on the home surveillance to check

thought, "Living under a bridge? Now that's a

Aniston, the car is ready. Are we heading out now?" Walter knocked lightly