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anything you want," I heard the

when I heard a

s. You can't go in. U

les attendant

her and headed t

kept thinking about the man and the woman. In their con

be about

n my soon-t

een his fa

dn't help

the fitting room and looked towards the V

ma'am," the atte

She seemed able to pick out suita

even lighter. The lace around my waist outlined my slender

y beautiful

-called father was

d in a cold voi

, but I still felt sad

d and followed h

***

in front of the Moore

ary. He bent down and stepped ou

he villa, I was lost in a

ve that I once lived

re with my mother

iserably, while my father and his mistress happily stayed

w tig

u still sta

huge doors, turned ar

the servants that the O'Connells family hadn't ar

h windows in the living room- Ge

ht it for me on my

nd began learning piano at

away, I never pla

t my hand-the memory of play

th a clank, a melodious and crisp sound came from the piano. Beca

ff my piano!" an angry

pia

aw Kara standing behi

t I was one year

ld be tw

her in almost every wa

t, but my father's mist

as incredibly

r pi

took everything. Now even my mother's

I tried very hard t

didn't have the ability to tak

use soon, I wouldn't

had been cast aside years ago and

ng to get bac

Kara drawled, staring

t and looked at me with disdain. "Don't be too happy. You'll marry into the O'Conne

hat do you kn

ary would have me marry a

d to be something wrong

Gary would never have b

with that man, it could