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like

de the first move on Mr. Stark. Me. With my own two hands and whatever was left of

mean, not that I expected anything other than returni

again with the back of my palm

mmediately wished I had spent the entire night with

s if she'd been sitting with her anger long enough tha

d up from the couch, her red, glossy

ready for another show tonight. I

ess trip with my boss." I heard how flat my voice w

Oceans?" She kept moving toward me as she spoke, closing the distance one

hts, her palm collided with

id nothing. There was nothing to say

im?" she demanded. "Why isn't

jaw was tight. "He's been busy. W

d to e

My throat closed, and the sob came out before I could stop it, which

Someone just confirmed that Oceans has been at the o

g you after all," she smiled before she turned back to me, and t

at her

iss whatever is left of your inheritance goo

ost s

ather's life the moment my father stopped breathing and helped himself to ever

s attorney to really understand my fat

y time Freda made that threat, she was co

and turne

e called after me. "Go and apol

nd turned a

Jace and Moonie owed me an apology?

ld be the one apologizing here. I was

e again. "Don't be ridiculous. Jace i

polygamy with?" I argued, even though I trie

letely without shame. "Get over it and move on. He'll be he

ngs that were true and deserved to be said out loud in this room to this woman who had moved herself an

them. Instead, I ar

, unable to believe how much my life didn't belong to me anymore, "I'm exhausted

m on the couch, "Do you ever stop nagging?" She turned to fa

ending the night at his place," She announced with joy and satisfaction, and somehow, I felt an i

m with my back against the b

I kept all my

both of them looking slightly past the camera at something I couldn'

t for me when I was seve

.. She told me it had been passed to the firstborn daughters of the J

the week of my mother's funeral, and I had never once let her find it. I d

r of their father. The necklace was never hers to begin w

n. And that's why I guarded this box with my life. The password was something no one

my face as I pressed the photograph t

miss y

ed to the last t

wa

stranger I had sa

g that belonged to a person who never cared to look for you and say "

the back of the watch that I had traced so man

.

phone jolted me

r forgot to lock my safe. So, I locked

r my phone, I saw

e living r

eart

al and comfy while I tucked everything else I'

he stairs, he stood up immediately

iet, warm guilt I had

He kissed my cheek, "Let me t

me. She and Jace had been talking and laughi

even sorry about w

usly waiting for Mr. Stark's

doing together tonight. Images of how Mr. Stark had handled her in bed replayed in m