The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

Chapter 130

Part 5:

I was done with life when I decided to jump off the roof with tears in my eves.

And where was my family?

My parents were happy at their adoptive daughter's first day of high school celebration.

My brother was there too, clicking away with the camera and welcoming his new sister to middle school.

As kids. they always had a soft spot for Ashley Schmitt. Being an orphan. she'd always get a bit more of their sympathy and support.

I was the one who got told to back off if I ever wanted to take back a toy of mine. Any fight was just me being a brat.

Ashley, with no parents of her own, was living up the life that should've been mine.

I had family, but they were always around Ashley.

When I finally wised up, I understood that what they called fairness was really just being partial.

Never in a million years did I think I'd get a second chance in life from the universe. So when I was reborn, I decided this time to just not give a damn about anything.

When I saw my folks holding Ashley's hand, leading her up to my brother and me, it hit me. I was back in the past, a five-

the memories of

living the same nightmare.

days before she was brought. They were my mom's best friends, so my mom decided to take

little sister now," my mom had said, smoothing Ashley's

checking out our home. She looked pretty anxious to

I could complain, she'd play the poor little

surprised; I did not expect her to be so young and

I'm into your family,

nothing." Ashley would say this to me when it was just the two

understood she did not want me as a big sister,

I'd just get into fights with her, but as soon as we fought, she'd play the victim, bawling her eyes out to get my parents' attention. Then she denied everything she'd said, accusing me

Every

would make me apologize to her

skip my meals, and other times, make me

Ashley wanted something, she should get it. If she wanted something of mine. I should not be selfish

my new clothes, my

were handed overto Ashley But that wasn't enough for her. She also took my friends, my innocence, and

like Ashley said, she'd take it all

an unfair past, why did

me to relive it? I couldn't help but

we'll love you

a bigger, happy family now." That was what dad said

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