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"I'm

a bottle of wine in her hand. There is nothing new there. She's like this ev

from drunkenness. She staggered toward me. I

he was already drunk at nine o'clock in the mor

aised her hand and stuck her index finger on my

ad. I bit my lower lip to stop the emot

o see your face." She said this and ge

ny times we've talked about it, but we've talked about it over and over again. M

oney. So you can move and I

going. I brace myself for whatever she will

head was thrown to the side because of her hard slap the strong application of her palm on my cheek. My

demon father! You are demons! Animals!" Sh

. I accepted each touch of her palm on my cheek, and I didn't tr

oing in again with

o that no noise would come out of it. She will get even more angry when I say something,

!" She continued to say

si say it and grabbed Mama's hands that were ti

ama's hands from my hair, so it was more than that. I feel like my scalp is bleedin

she started crying while Manang Rosi held her hands. Little by little,

I'm numb. I couldn't even feel my scalp as wel

aid Manang Rosi, who is now letting Mama. I nodded and picked up my

borted that demon's child!" I heard Mam

forget what happened earlier, I still can't help but feel heavy in my chest

n't cry. You're st

ing bad happens to me.

t she should not accept the money that man is giving if she has any dignity left. But she said that there has been nothing since tha

ack then. She has a boyfriend, and their relationship is long-distance. That man tried to persuade Mama, but because she had a boyf

ther. I can't call him my father. Mama is mad at me be

id she even give birth to me if she just hates me? I

ng hate

car, I checked my appearance in the mirror. Little by little, the bruises on my cheeks from her slap

the use? Not a week goes by without a bruise on my body. And beside

"Dap

matically smiled when I saw Artemis running towa

mile. I tried to smile widely, but I fe

you? How's your date

ed at my face. "What happened to your face?" She asked

st face." I lied and laughed a little, a

know she doesn't believe every lie I tell every time I have bruises on my body.

ne. Others tried to make friends with me, but I knew they were only

e that day. I knew her from the beginning. Besides being my block mate, she is another Gallagher. The famous Gallaghe

If not to gain popularity, she is used to getting them closer to her male br

ses when I heard

he asked that. She held my hand before smiling at me. "J

Sometimes I envy her. It's like h

once too. How does it feel