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d to process Ngimanchi's words. "What do you mean your sister isn

eeded money, and I knew you would give it to me if I told yo

me all this time?" I asked, my voice rising. "You've been u

I have," she said. "And it's been easy. You've been so will

y heart and my wallet. I had thought we had a real connection,

I asked, my voice cold and hard.

myself," she said. "I've been investing in my own business ventur

eality. Everything I thought I knew about Ngimanchi was a lie. I didn't kn

emotions. Finally, I spoke up, my voice barely above a whis

person I thought I knew. "I didn't know how else to get what I needed," she said.

manipulate me again. I had to take control of the