The Scientist He Erased Returns

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tellect, contorted into something akin

ne. Kiara Gamble' s name flashed across the screen. "Dr. Scot

the glowing screen. The decision was instantaneous,

ark and unyielding. The urgent data. The brilliant protégé. My decade

was simply blind. Blind to anything that didn't fit into his meticulously or

apartment I had sold was already being prepped for its new owners. My temporary dorm room fe

t to go. A place I had sworn

father' s ever-present bitterness. My mother, a perpetually shrinking violet, met me at the

lutter. She always adored Alston, not for him, but for what his name repres

Mom," I said,

wedding? The big house?" Her gaze searched mine, d

God's name did you do, girl? You had a golden ticket! A doctor! A genius! Don't you know how rare that is for

I started, bu

oing to buy you... that was our ticket out of here! Our Jamie's future!" He gestured wildly towards my y

get tired of your bland personality, Ellie? Thought you had it made, didn't you? Living the high life, while I'm stuck here." He tossed

means my tuition money just evaporated. My business loan? Gone. What about your new fancy job in the

eartbreak, my dignity, or the decade I'd spent trying to earn their elusive approval. They only saw the loss of a

my mother whimpered, her hands twisting i

faces before me: my father's rage, my mother's weak accusation, Jamie's smug rese

is beer bottle crashing against the wall, a shard of glass had flown and embedded itself

ge it. The physical pain was a dull thro

d my small duffel bag from the h

other cried, a note of genu

father roared, scrambling to his fe

me out into the cold night. "Go on, then! See how far y

the shouts and curses fading behind me. The world outsid