na? "Do you think this is

n, to infuriat

art seeing me as a person? And not as a tool for cleaning up? "I'm not m

family. For us, we will lose everything if

lease don't mum, please don'

, we will forever be indebted to you"'she said,

e, but ple

on, she finally sto

hat?"

nk you need to do some touc

he spoke quickly: "I don't mean it like that, I

rching for her. I finally saw her account, and

blond, then cut it into the same bob-cut I'd seen in the picture. By the time I was done, I couldn

ess. Immediately she saw me, she broke into a wide smile that extended

ot cry like she's some 5 years old", I said harshly. I just don't understand Mom. Sometimes, here I was, agreeing to deceive and marry a total stranger

ed it up. Thankfully, we were about the sam

e had been. I picked it up and realized that it was a SIM card. This could be Blaire's. I quickly removed mine and put it in and immediately a call came in. The caller ID showed "my D". Maybe the d stood for Damon, of course. I waited for the call to end, then I went to the phone settings and changed the message number to hers. I

e pulled me into a long hug, and I held him tight. It'd been so long since I'd seen him and I noticed that he

ere up to me, I'd damn the consequences and cancel the wh

just be for a while, then I coul

fter a while he spoke. "Do you know she left with the pap

could do something li

he gets a new toy, it's all she thinks about for a few months until she gets ano

I'm glad you're here Lina, regardless of everything tha

, pulling his h

sed yo

of the front door opening and voi

, I was greeted by a group of la

ound as much like Blaire as possi

nde girl named Tiffany, replied. "Have you finalized the seating arrangemen

ment, unsure of how

confident. "I just need to confi

to realize just how much I didn't know about Blaire's life,

try. For my family's

n the vineyard," one of Blaire's friend

o sound enthusiastic. "I've always d

d you're just getting married to a man, you are marr

I could smell the jealousy. I couldn't blame h

to my room and get some fresh air. The room was sp

seemed like my courage was failing me