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as seeing... Then I let out a shriek so loud

s saucers. I turn my laptop screen around and point towards it, "I got accepted, mother

ked eyebrow at me, "Excuse m

my eyes at her, I nod an

lutely nothing could knock me off this high. I've done it! I have proven t

e too close to home and the Wiltshire name. I would immediately h

t my mother for a reaction, but as usual,

has to say about this. The States, Elena? Why no

off this high? Well, my mother ju

t didn't hurt any less. Never in my 20 years on this earth, had my mother been proud of me or sho

cted that acceptance letter and studied closer to home. Come, you need to get ready for tonight's dinner part

k and feel a tear

ected of me to follow in her footsteps. My twin sister, Eliana, slipped into the role much easier

room door with a smile plastered on her fa

el tint to my balayage. Where her eyes were baby blue and sparkling, mine was more of an

ister seemed to think so. Where she got stares and kn

over to me, engulfing me in a hug. "I am so

ment and a giggle escapes from my throat. She let go of me and l

wing that would have been the bane of my existence. My bottom lip starts to tremble at her wor

e to this. How stup

foolish, Eliana." I start, "Father would never allow me to move overseas wh

him about it. Maybe he wants one of us to experience what the world has to offer." She s

tell when Eliana was lying to me or withholdi

ill after this evening's dinner party. I am guessing

go 10 times larger than his body weight. The first time he came to our estate to visit Eliana, he didn't mistake me for

n so embarrassed in my life. Of course, I never mentioned this

ns were made before the wedding. His parents wish to iron it out before the big

this one out? I don't think so." She responded and got up from my bed to leave my room. Then she turned around at the doorway and gave me another smile, "

he was

uld my father honestly be okay with me studying overseas? If m

s the one who encouraged me to apply at Harvard. This made no sense to me at all, because I wanted to be close to him as we w

ered. Weird, Nicholas always answered when he saw it was me calling. I s

e soon, I had better mak