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extract me. A new life, a new identity, a trust fund bi

ledge was

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g-class artist with a sob story about student

saw her as a refreshing change from me, the "calculating

old me over tea, not even trying to hide her

a blatant, sha

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" she'd say, rolling her eyes at th

leader, blossomed under Chloe' s easy praise. He started spending hours w

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ologize to Chlo

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t me like a trophy! A doll you dress up for

had a fever, the hours I' d spent helping her with her Ivy League p

by a few weeks of

eap, trendy dress that looked like it would fall

th the scent of cut roses and the

st complete. I just