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ping my hands folded in my lap. Twenty-two yea
t her home, claiming she was their biological daughter. From the moment she ste
he held a plate of sliced fruit, offering a piece to Jenna. Her vo
ry this. This i
, before she looked back at Phyllis. She pitched her voice high and soft. "Thank yo
her cheek. She reached out to stroke Jenna's
em. He had unbuttoned his suit jacket, dropping his usual stern boardroom demeanor. He leaned i
family will give you
room, with its familiar oak furniture and framed family pho
telpiece where my figure skating championship trophie
ike me, who had to struggle fo
urned her head and shot me a sharp, disappro
ed a glass of water from the kitchen, ju
out behind me. She had been pretending to head up
no room for me in
I frowned, already tired of her ga
a sharp cry. Her body tipped backward,
r arms tucked in, her shoulders ta
in shock, my
of the stairs, curled
at the sound. Seeing the scene,
! Jenna! M
er and knelt
ked past Jenna, fixing his eyes direct
hand, pointing at me, tea
s my sister... s
with incredulous anger and hatred. "Ho
o explain that I hadn't, tha
t by Jenna's more painful c
er," Jenna sobbed. "She said... she said thi
She was putting her ow
me, stopping on the step just belo
your
ommand. No room for argument, no
apped tightly around Jenna, while Jeffry stood as a barrier
hyllis's arms, she was secretly watching me from
pt rubbing her right ankle
er balance. Her left foot had caught the edge of the step first. If she
clutching h
steady against my ribs, as the
bothered to get
estrated the
make a scene. I simply
ed against it, listening to the chaos
beg them
wn eyes exactly what kind of perso
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