The Unwanted Daughter They Regretted Losing

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a reassuring pat on the shoulder. Whatever it was, I had never experienced it growing up in the Hayes family meant having everything money could buy but never having the one thing I desperately wanted love I stood outside the dining room, adjusting the sleeves of my cream-coloured blouse.

e him, speaking to James about an upcoming business event. Liam was busy with his phone, while Myra laughed at something James had said.

ly glanced at m

rely eight in the morning "I'm sorry

eting today. The least you could

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ra said, although she sounde

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breakfast, I returned to my bedroom and closed the door behind me. My room was beautiful, with expensive furniture, a large television, a walk-in closet and a balcony overlooking the mansion's garden anyone who

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nd no matter how badly they treated me, a small part of me still wanted them to love me. Later that afternoon, I went downstairs and found m

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ould have nothing to worry about. Just stay ou

still bl

blaming you, Monica. I'm simp

James entered the living

my mother

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have to convince anyone I k

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ase stop arguing? Mom, I think this dress w

mmediately softened. "Yo

to receive the attention I had spent years trying to earn. That evening, my father returned home ear

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ed up my phone and opened the gallery. An old photograph appeared on the screen It showed me standing between my parents when I was much younger I remembered that day clearly I had won an award at school and begged my parents to take a photogr

nce maybe my siblings would finally see me as family. I placed my phone on the table and returned to my book a few minutes later, a notifi

roup - Confident

ful about what your family is hiding, Monica Hayes I read it twice then I noticed the attachment beneath the message. My hear