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over and that's that." I lie,

ayed, but the shame and humiliation I feel is so grea

sideways, squinting her eyes; she's no fool,

n, your father is sad and hurt, you know how fond we are of Stephan, you know that his parents are in shock and that your uncles, cousins and even your sister think you've gone mad, but if that's the way you want it at least have courage and face all this! Stop hiding

ing very wrong, I feel like the day I broke he

going to change my mind," I s

she can't believe what's happen

his..." "This isn't a Clark thing, this isn't the girl I've been carrying around inside me for n

t the tears fall and sit down o

disgusted and indignant I feel for not realizing it

to a man, and so far, I haven't said a word about it to anyone, I'm in shock, but I

bad or painful at all, my parents are Italia

ping out at the church orphanage we attended. Besides being a volunteer and a member of the church, she has always had an acti

herited his grandfather's small Metallurgy company and in 20 years of hard work has man

ks great and is handsome for his age, my mother is jealous of him, their love is beautiful to see, the two of them make a beauti

two of us daughters and he has always done what we wanted, he has always been a pres

playmate and friend, we have always been like one flesh and blood and we only grew apart a little when we

he and Jennifer fell in love very early on, everyone approved of the marriage and it's been a year since Enrico discovered a health problem and is undergoing treatment so that they can get pregnan

to be able to do that properly, Dad said I had to know everything about the metalwork. I agreed with him and spent three years observing and unde

ple say I'm the female version of Dad in business and I love hearing that, I'm only 23 and I u

to, I was a chubby child. I never cared about it until I was a teenager, when I was 14, I fell in love for the first time, the

the disappointment to myself and laughed about it, everyone laughed and I laughed and so for them, the situation

didn't do anything. I didn't have my first kiss until I was 16

I was very realistic about things, my body didn't follow the standards imposed by the media and society

atter how dressed up and smelling nice I was, I felt insecure, I put it in my head t

hool ended and I only kissed again in college, I was in my second year and there was going to be a p

yard and I thought it was really strange, he was handsome and very popular at the college, he was a member of the baseball team and an important member of the campus administration, he had never spoken to me, and I

hey turn 18, but I didn't do either, I continued to live with my parents, and since Dad didn't want to let me