She Played the Long Game

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ter, Lily, and the pre

chard brazenly paraded Chloe, hi

, and tried to charm my child, while he

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s turned violent, i

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d life could

igned acceptance, became a c

my dignity, and protect my daughter, when the

re his family' s precious lega

o his powerful parents, a threat so audacious