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Chapter 35: Lauryn
Opening the door to the penthouse, I feel strangely like I belong here. It's hard to explain, because I have never really felt like I truly belonged anywhere before. My whole life, people made fun of me and even my mom at one point wished that she didn't have me. She felt that maybe her ex-husband would have wanted her then, instead of me.
Knowing this, I have never been able to get that close to anyone. I guess Samantha is the closest, acting like a sister to me and Steve a big brother. When I needed someone, they were always there for me growing up. He came to my rescue, numerous times.
At one point, he would let me hang out with his friends and knew that I had a crush on him, but nothing ever happened. It was just after my mom left my stepfather and he over heard me telling Samantha about what he did to me. When he threatened to find the bastard and kill him, I somehow managed to get him to calm down.&nbs
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