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died in a c

he warmth in thei

changed a

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daughters, Jess

unbearable as

laudia became invis

topped askin

school, her feelings and a

t like he forgot

at Claudia

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guilty of injuring

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line, One he should ha

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gone exactly

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beneath him, in the pr

ss erupted

posure shattered as he tried to gather h

ne pitied him and it was B

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she wa

ncipal said, raising a brow. "W

remained

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dn't

t believe

ne w

answer she could think

walked out of the office wit

father stepped out,

she already knew what was inside,

your aunt Ophelia," he said flatl

ned to

abbed his arm,

k me why I did it?" she

, then slowly h

you hate me that much?" she whispered

mpletely, sha

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father s

k the tears thr

ising now, filled with anger. "I'm leaving. I'm

she expected H

ut a

ut a

n the tears

as truly the same father she once knew..

loved would never

know how lo

urs? It did

opped, wiped her t

, ignoring the presence of he

look at them to kno

She was

out. "Looks like the unwanted pest fin

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phelia's mansion fe

this time It w

come here wi

hings were

as her mother's younger sister, the last born a

but she didn't, Believing her fat

opened, and th

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the entran

Oph

pped out, her aunt's f

, sweetie," she said s

while Claudia felt like she was

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