Heartbreak To Heiress

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that used to mean something to me. But here I am. Standing in my tiny

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illed me slowly. Not just because of the stares or the whispers, but

y me. They destroyed me. Ian cheated more times than I could count, and somehow I always gave him another chance. Told myself may

rusted her with my whole heart. I would've taken a bullet for her. I s

hat. I couldn't pretend

ng shop open even on the days I couldn't feel my feet. I saved up every cedi, every tip

ow I'

No more waking up to shame. No more running into ghosts. I made it out. And f

what freedom

xt. But I know one thing. I'll never

trying to adjust. The hospital was bigger, busier. A whole diffe

She used to work at the nursing home back in our small town, so she understood me m

b, but because it made me feel like I mattered. Even when my own life was

I didn't know what to expect. He had called me in unexpectedly,

gh a thick folder as he spoke. "I looked at your records from the town hospital you wo

y anything. I've learned s

ed back

scharged soon. And the family has requested that he continue with the same care he's received here. They

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oney. Everything about him screamed old wealth. His room was guarded like a private mansion. The way his

with me, he w

didn't want anyone else around but me. I used to think maybe he just needed

new how to care for him. I had alre

said those words,

d softly. "I

ean shirts. She walked in like she owned every space she stepped into. Ever

told him, barely glancing in my direc

like

It wasn't shock. It wasn't disappointment either. It was wa

r my hand, he

s," he said. "F

ant more than

she looked at me, or how she never really spoke unless she had to. Every time

ke they'd done this many times before. I got my things ready too. Just a few of my essentials. I didn

glimpses of his world before, in the people who visited and the way staff moved around him. But

world. One built on c

tood there. I didn't even

cars lined up like ornaments. Security guards by the doors. House staff in unif

to take it all in. The driveway alone was bigger than the street I use

onds. Walls that looked like they belonged in a movie. Everything was spotless and c

followed, trying not to le

close to this. And yet here I was, standing ins

w what I was

me I needed to keep

d gold, the bed was massive, the pillows looked softer than anything I'd ever owned. I didn't even take time to unpack. I flopped d

my new

utines. He liked to talk before his meals and sit in silence after. I didn't mind. I was just there,

the kno

. Just two

inside. I didn't pay much attention unti

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e one who was rude. The one who had bumped into me and di

I ever saw that man again, I'd confront him. Ask him who ra

stuck. My chest tigh

But he also looked tired. Like he had just come off a long flight. His suit was wrinkled. His hair l

He turned and looked

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wered too q

sh. Instead, he gestured toward the man and said, "Jud

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ves

op of the fashion empire. The one everyone whispere

sat beside his father, resti

feeling?" h

ci smiled

ow that I

rocess that the rude stranger from the airport was now my bo