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fusal, a true and ter
was a pittance. I even went to shady underground loan shark
more frequent, the nurse's tone s
d my eyes, I saw Hannah's pale, tire
of breaking when
doptive Mother. The words felt lik
ome last shred of desperatio
t was smooth, coated in a layer of
d not
as if I hadn't been silent. "Your father and I
the hope like a drowning woman grabbing a pi
n help you, yes. But
knew it. "What condition
r sister, Sienna, is... unwell. She can't fulfill her marriage contra
ouldn't believe what I was hearing. "What?
d anyway. What's the difference who you marry? Rhys Knight might have a bad r
e knew the rumors about Rhys Knight. He was a disfigured, violent out
und. "Set for life? Fiona, a
you. You have two choices. One, you take Sienna's place, and we pay for all of Hannah's
dagger, each one aimed a
s turning white. I could picture her smug, t
igned just for me, waiting for me to
ruelty, their casual disregar
r back through two miles of freezing snow to the emergency room. When the Pierces locked me in the dark basement for breaking a vase, it was Hannah who snuck me bread through the crack under the
I had ever known. The only wa
dn't l
rd my own voice, trembling and distant.
nd businesslike. "Of course. The moment you agre
ine. Our lawyer will have everything prepared. The second you sign
eeling all the stre
dy broken. All of it was worthless in
the word scraping my
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