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.

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

anyone. Once, when a truck was barreling down the street, he

who yanked him

and told him–so seriously–that they would find Mathilda one day. But if she came home

up. Be strong. Be the best big brother in the world–for

her with everything he had that

his real little sister. That he would protect her

end… she wasn’t his real

Mathilda once- there was no way they’d

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in memory, Lily raised

for over a decade. When

he’d pushed her into the freezing river while she was on her period–all to “stand up” for Mathilda–he’d stopped being

she

“Lily!”

on his left check

believe it–Lily had dared

you

Lily to raise a hand

as a knife. “You already stole Mathilda’s life! You’ve bullied her again and again, taken everything from her–and now you dare hit Bodger? How could

big, round eyes were always her strongest

like the saddest little flower

she sobbed, “I know you hate me. Maybe I should’ve never come back.

thought Mathilda had actually said something

should be the

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