ed. She stared down at Hyera with

n a low voice, filled with venom. "Your mother's death? Tha

cruel pleasure as she

"He stood there and watched it all

es widened

liberate. "And that man who raped you years

as my

ng out like

atisfied smile, "I don't have to keep secrets anymore. Be

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love you?" H

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cracked

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ith both hands, using all her strength to try and sit up. But no matter how

and rage, her entire being consumed with hatred. Her voice

lani Brooks! Silvia

hat you've done to me and my mom! I'll drag

force-like a magne

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d. But the force was too strong. No matter ho

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.. whe

her body like a soft blanket. As it touched her skin, a

ain stabbed th

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rang out from jus

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at someone's head? How dare he hit my Hyera

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tared,

arms, throwing herself into her embrace. Her hands clutched at

. Mom!

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oothing tune like she used to when Hyera wa

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hter, confused, trembling, he

oed from outside the roo

the sound stopped beside her. She slowly opened her swo

r eyes with both hands as if to

n, is that

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boyf

sity in the U.S. thanks to his stellar grades. She, on the other hand, had failed her entrance exam m

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