A Bride's Ghostly Return

ues to play on t

real daughter came home! Did you really think Ryan Sterling was for you? You' re nothing but an orphan we picked up o

father, who steps into the fra

ce. "You will stay away from Ryan. You will give O

eryone is staring at the screen, then at my adopt

voice first, a high-pi

va was always a liar, a manipulativ

had to be firm with her, for her own good! It was t

The raw cruelty on their face

them. My long-sleeved shirt rides up my arm for a moment, reveal

the image was there for a few secon

sinesswoman, murmurs to her husband, "To

y. "That' s not disci

rror. The narrative they had been fed-of the grateful orphan an

e whispers. Panic

ut she was just so fragile and attention-seeking!" she says, her voice getting louder, mo

rd. She places a comforting hand on Mrs. Miller'

nce. "My sister... Ava... she was always very emotional. She struggled a lot after I came back. I think she felt.

n, her eyes swim

va is troubled, yes, but we shouldn' t air our family' s dirty laundry like this

nd herself as the benevolent, forgiving victim. She is t

her voice a sweet, poisonous wh