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ed, life had be

ting through each day. We had literally become sh

me too much, and I decided n

about how I painfully lost my virginity to sav

e, but at this point, it just kept

d. Mom, Danica, me, and our dad

when she married my dad, love made

a good man. He had loved and taken good c

d my mom, and one day, when I

ing and told us to g

remarried and took in his ne

rstand why he'd do that, but in the e

he same. We struggled to make ends meet. It was tough

fe I promised her. I was so full of pain and grief

***

ng, I headed for the do

e by to check

he door, I couldn

s my

moved to shut the do

way to greet

apped, but he was stronger and

m, then lashed out. "You had the nerve to show up here? You co

" my dad-or rather, Gary, because I refuse

ched out to you for money for her surgery

money! The company's going

rs! If you had helped sooner, she'd still be alive

lk about something important. Th

with the O'Connell

nelle was betrothed to the

row

rothed to

owly let

at tru

d his were best friends and business partners. They mad

The O'Connells want to know

ld say no to my father. But since he isn't alive anymore, Janelle will n

now, I do not have billions of dollars to pay as a penalty. Besides, what's so wrong w

et out of my house this instant! You'r

y him," I

em looked at

om and I will return to Chicago and ta

'Connells - the power a

eldest son, who was the h

arrying someone

but I wanted to gr

too much. I h

to lose an

e trampled on anymore. I didn't want to be put in a sit

father, and I wanted to be able to st