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t paralyzed; the amount of shock I had witnes

, I could feel my dad's fear. My heartbeat was so

Cr

me off the floor, and I found myself clutching at his leg, b

didn't care; I couldn't lose the on

arms lift me. It w

y lawyer ov

as a glance at me or

seemed to be in so much pain. I got an ice pack from the fridge so he could p

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hat night. I had to call my friend, Zoe, who worked the same job, to

oom so I knew he was inside. He didn't go drin

talk. I had no idea what was going on,

t he saw me, and upon closer look at

ed as a fath

eam; tell me I'm not going away wi

ot tears stream

didn't respond, even when I ge

failed you, but please find a place in your

t he had spent that money drinking and gambling. A

used to know; this was n

would get drunk night after night, keep late nights and act so irresponsibly. So much so that he wa

. He wasn't the happy man I used to know, a

Dad, but you don't see me acting like

for love, but here you are selling me to some billionaire who

ken. What was this going to me

the drain. I was going to be a com

calm down. It's just for a

? You call a who

my head in

but I hate you, Dad", and with that, I r

ter me and knock on my

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tting next to Dad and a lawyer dressed in an expensi

to sign a docum

s Marlowe" the lawyer who earlier introduced himself as Ian

because I knew that no matter what I saw ther

it over to the lawyer, and soon after insp

ne, I shared a

ered so quietly I didn

at a ball tomorrow, and he sent a package for

ed after a few minutes of sile

could have sent i

be inside, I hope it wasn

noticed he was limping slightly. The

, he was back. It w

t want any more hear

rage and tore it open whil

ess and a p

red under my breat

o my room to

ade from fine silk and velvet, with a f

t going to wear that, it was way too short, and it had

ad never worn a 6-inch heel my whole life. I

one of my old clothes; I didn't even have part

x and dropped it in my

oking at the sc

o?" I

iza

fro