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med pitiful to anyone. And yet all I

ub my skin raw. I pushed her away,

together the pieces of the puzzle. She

rning to me. "We-I played the p

h the hunger for alcohol. It was the only thing keeping me sa

k before fixing her with a hard look. She in

"Devilishly so. You think her casually

own deepened

ourse, she looked like she was going to bolt away at any m

d so brazenly make such a statement without even thr

s hard not to let out a bitter chuckle. She had played the

anned i

e the gears running behind her eye

nd pulled her closer. She let out a small

. But it didn't mean she would suddenl

t something about those animated eyes

ade. Five hundred thousand dollars in cash, wired to a certain offshore account. Now I was c

found the receiver's name to be Veronica Landers. It's all too ea

inding it hard to make sense of what I was sayi

id you see y

go. My stepmother only conv

in such little time when she cou

rrowed as she let my words sink i

in

nd stepmother just for this switch to happen. And the fac

just beneath me. She looked vivi

d they do this to me? Why are

began making her way towards the phone. "They

, I snatched it out of her han

test, but it got cut off wh

nger, but an indescribable em

o anythi

e people lied to me. Used me and th

via

done," She continued, he

Time after time, I have sacrificed so mu

cause I just want to see my dad again. But all they ever

e this. I'd initially pegged her as the foolish princess. The e

climbing the corporate ladder, and of navigating between friend

l now. The reason why I was so emotion

is girl be

er own reasons for doing this. She has no idea I know

. She slowly looked away. "So...what do w

cour

Something along the lines o

ld back. "Your mother is manipulati

w." I reached for my scotch an

pay her bac

y back to her. "That

ixed with pure wariness. She looked like she'

I gain from

ped forward. Maybe it was the sheer chaos of eve

ur revenge