BETRAYAL: The Day I Died.

ide you as a child, it never fully heal

ow it all

my world star

r the way the waves crashed gently, the cold breeze brushing my skin, and how tightly I

. Her eyes were red, like sh

hind my ear. "I have to go somewhere for a wh

nd. "Where are yo

a little. "I want to talk to someon

ad, gave me a weak s

e sand, hugging m

nd lower, and still...

teeth chattered. I was hungry. Scared. But I kept t

y, I stopped

om the wind and sun, and I couldn't even sit up anymore. I just lay there,

hen they

hen they saw me collapsed on the sand. They rushed

and the scent of antiseptic. Mrs. Blackwo

e now," she

When no one came looking

only see in magazines. Giant gates, fountains, marble floors

here I m

e first time she saw me, she just looked me up and down a

odd

dolls," she said

this natural glow, long honey brown hair, perfect blue eyes, a

. Dark straight ha

et. Careful. Alway

oblems. I didn't want the

, our difference

f. She wore short skirts, had perfect nails, and walked like the w

ound. I wasn't loud. I was

I tried to earn my place in that house eve

ied, I was always the o

ame co

here I m

f the youngest billionaires in the country. He was tall, with broad shoulders, jet black h

hen he did, it was like som

ows. But he never paid attention -

nd he walked over and asked if he could sit. I said yes

ietly. He would bring me coffee.

seen. Like I wasn't just the extra girl i

family. He met mine. We talked about our

was that Lucy was w

about him cons

d he kiss you in public?"

t being nosy. But I didn't real

but because he was powerful. Rich. Desired.

t the plain sist

. Whispering lies. Telling him thing

started beh

ee it. Or maybe I sa

ng I wanted. A fiancé who loved me. A future that looke

nally going to hav

hould'v

stays with

ally n

rt bleeding out beside a

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me, it w