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past
millons of people are rushing to buy it. The car valued
n realize wh
elt tight, but in a good way. My hands curled into fists as I st
wor
al achievement... and it wasn't
ttered under my breath
re, letting it sink in. All the sleepless nights, the
gh my hair and rea
one person I
hed the screen, the phone v
el
The voice on the other end w
ile f
Who is
d to come immediately. Your sister-in-law
... I didn't
.Wh
re listed as her emergency contact. Please
nervously. "I'll b
ne wen
d, the phone slipping
as at the
r ready, we are goi
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felt lik
r how fast I was going. My hands gripped the ste
sso
ing in my head, ov
came into view. I didn't even wait for the car to fu
ide, the cold, sharp sme
strained as I approached the front d
ed up, startle
ou to the
." I swallowed, panting
he said, scanning her screen. "Secon
ait for an
id running to the
s of beds were lined together in the room, the sound of
spott
ed up and weak. Her face was covered
alled out as I
was covered up with an
tor wal
erran's husban
d to Bl
older than me but I didn't care. Rather than being her
she married my
ther in law. What's wrong with
Her lungs are severely irritated which shows she must have swallowed a dangerous amount of smoke. And..." He hesitated
st tig
r signs of malnutrition. Whatever she's been through...it was
es wi
d, stunned. "A
nant. She has been coming to the hospi
ounded eve
eckups.
uldn't bear to see them together. Not after the fact I'd fallen for her first a
of this? My nanny had promised to
"Please take care of her. You have to save h
t duty and whatever while I rushed hom
echoed through the house. Walking up the stairs, I headed to my father's
knob of his bedro
words died
er wasn
. my step
wasn't
strange man I'd never seen before. For a second, I st
ispered, catching
d been moaning to earlier. Her eyes widened with
voice low, but steady.
reached into my pocket
saw it, her c
" she snapped, stepp
creen, holding the phone up so
I said, my voice calm but firm. "I'm s
e turne
hat phone!" she demanded, her voi
mmediately, keep
ny closer," I
one as I lowered it, already ha
aid quietly. "And today...
me, her expres
ait for he
d and walked o
he called
the stairs, my mind already s
she shouted again, her fo
lled again. "Som
tone, but I didn't stop walking.Before I cou
and my breath
and saw the handle of
mbled as I t
ld and expressionless, as if what h
speak, but the wor
knife out with
tely, and before I could
e edge of the step, a
fe
own, each impact sending pain throu
nt, I coul
d still see them standing at the to
of the
if they had planned t
ched weakly aga
sso
ame to me as everyth
tal. Still hurt. Still car
ldn't do
ned as my breat
another
let this h
closed as every
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