The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

Chapter289 I tried to smile, but tears took over first. "Tyler, no one's taking Mom's things away.

"If you feel like giving Michelle stuff, you can give away whatever you want from the Parrish family."

"What good stuff could the Parrish family possibly have..." Tyler's voice trailed off.

He was right. What good stuff could the Parrish family possibly have?

There wasn't a single decent thing or person in the Parrish family.

I threw the shredded papers in the trash and went upstairs.

"The day after tomorrow is Mom's anniversary. Don't forget it."

"Forget? No way," Tyler forced a laugh.

"You should go to bed. I'm heading to the study to work overtime," he added.

I didn't say anything or look back.

That night, I stayed up, eyes wide open.

I went through every item in this house that belonged to the three of us.

Photos? Burned them.

Anything breakable? Smashed it.

I boxed them up and sent

villa, filled with

only villa my mom had when she joined the

was gone, Tyler and I

dad left and started living with

been around much

to drop by every single day

had

terrace, clutching a picture of my

I finally drifted off to sleep, tears still wet on

after my birthday was my mom's

made it through my birthday and

heartbroken, crying

my side, staying up with me

had been there for

around. It hurt, but

Antonio didn't come.

hand, was

social media had been going non-stop all

people even streamed

reason to party, but Antonio suggested we just have

for

y tablet.

a ploy to

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