hapter 77 The End of Tolerance

Chapter 77 The End of Tolerance

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His voice was like a knife, every word carving deep into her chest. “Lily, apologize to Mathilda! I’m giving you one last chance–divorce James now and give him back to Mathilda, or I swear I won’t go easy on you!”

Lily was going to divorce James anyway.

But hearing Bodger and Luna say it like this… she honestly thought they’d lost their minds.

She looked up and met his glare head–on, lips curling into a mocking smile. Every bone in her body seemed to rebel in unison.

“Mr. Bodger, are you sick or just stupid? I was forced to marry him when you said so, and now I’m supposed to divorce him because you said so again? Fine, then I’m saying this here and now–I won’t apologize to Mathilda, I won’t give her what she wants, and I-”

Smack!

Before she could finish, Bodger’s hand came down hard across her right cheek, burning with fury.

Luna had slapped her left cheek.

Bodger took care of the right.

The moment the sharp imprint of his palm bloomed across her fair skin, Bodger’s fingertips trembled slightly.

His chest ached with a familiar, unwelcome tightness.

He couldn’t stop himself from remembering.

first came to the Ginger family/they had still been mourning the loss of Mathilda. He had blamed himself endlessly for failing to

sleep, couldn’t eat, didn’t speak to anyone. Once, when a

yanked

in her chubby little hands and told him–so seriously–that they would find Mathilda one

Be the best big brother

hugged her with everything he had that

she would be his real little sister. That he would protect

end… she wasn’t

They’d already lost Mathilda once- there was no way they’d let her

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Lily raised her hand

Lily had called her “Mom” for over a

river while she was on her period–all to “stand

she swallow her

“Lily!”

his left check snapped Bodger

had

you okay?”

to raise a hand

Mathilda’s life!

eyes were always her strongest

like the saddest little flower on

as she sobbed, “I know you hate me. Maybe I should’ve never come back. But if you hate me, hit me! Why would you hurt

Mathilda had actually

the one

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