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.

Ginger family/they had still been mourning the loss of Mathilda. He had

didn’t speak to anyone. Once, when a truck was barreling down

yanked him out of the

chubby little hands and told him–so seriously–that they would find Mathilda one day. But if she came home and found her big brother gone, how sad would

stay. Grow up. Be strong. Be the best big brother in the

hugged her with

sworn to himself that she would be his real little

end… she wasn’t his real

Mathilda once- there was no way

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frozen, lost in memory, Lily raised her hand and slapped him right

had called her “Mom” for over a decade. When Luna slapped

Bodger? The moment he’d pushed her into the freezing river while she was on her period–all

should she

“Lily!”

left check snapped Bodger out of

it–Lily had

are you okay?” Luna

hadn’t expected Lily to raise a hand

shot Lily a glare sharp 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

eyes were always her

brimmed with tears, glistening like the saddest little

fingers, touching the red mark on Bodger’s face as she sobbed, “I know you hate me. Maybe I should’ve never come back. But if you hate me,

thought Mathilda

be the one

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