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f our family's brightness. Her envy was a subtle poison, seeping into everything. She

That pity had c

kind-hearted David, became her prey. The accusation

rban town was destroyed. Expulsion followed. The depression that consum

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ming me until I confronted Tiffany, a

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vid' s football success, his scholarship, and the attention from Jessica, t

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