t to take care of Carter. That was when my

fe?! How did I end up with such

e her own husband to his g

ut the rage consumed me, and I want

e finally

ed you like no one else could! Now l

like clockwork,

s were honoring their parents, I

ts to each other-too familiar to be s

d no daughter traveled countless miles, he

been kind to her-sharp, cold, and haughty on

mors of age that betrayed her once proud stature. But when her eye

e, twisted thing-

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king louder now, almost frantic. "My

me! He promised he

st were handed to her-silent, d

be! My daughter is ali

racked under the

er! This isn't

allen off, and her

lost one of

tion, her eyes vacant and lost as she gazed a

d. She dug through her handbag and p

on it, but after all these ye

dialing repeatedly, trying

g number over and over, until th

he finally managed to

, it's A

oment to remember w

e up wit

r ten million as

y with that, you can

not what I mean

l ended

amily was drowning in debt, an

d that month, Carter

e I would have to drop out of school to care for him. Later, Carte

ursed us with th

idn't

text, only to discover

y fiancee Leila has depression.

tating the fact and asking my

mother kept digging

ted to tell Ca

derstand what had really hap

g her phone, letting the cold a

strangely, as if they we

let's g

es I whispered in her e

ed not having settled things w

shed out again, g

me, Shado

corner, until a kind-hearted stranger, mo

ther had just remembe

you looking

expression ha

n-in-law, he's the head

hed, looking like they regrette