ana
and the lingering smell of stale coffee. In a secluded b
everythin
laid out the entire five-year lie. The secret family. The galler
ask crumbled. Shock hardened into a
swore, her voice low and vicious. "We
heir money, Debi. I don't want anything from them." My voice was devoi
n her eyes. She saw it then. This wasn't a
the table. "Ivan has a standing monthly prescription. A powerful, fast-actin
slept for twelve hours straight. The weekends I was too fa
ness. It was
th the blessing of my own parents. So they
"They were going to drug you on your birthday, Aliana. So
d into place. The tea. The special tea my
ile touched my lip
eyes
tle scene one last time," I
I signed the divorce papers. Then I signed the document Debi had drafted, renouncing the Do
ked a one-way flight to Portland, O
in the study. He quickly minimized a screen when I walked in, but not
is phone, which he'd left face-up o
Can't wait to celeb
cold, empty void. I felt no grief. No anger. Only the vas
s gone. In her place was a woma
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