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Chapter 8

Author: TalesbyZ
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DIANE’S POV

DELULU PRINCESS

Three fucking years in that white-walled hell they called a "treatment center." Daddy's little secret stashed away where no one would find his murderous daughter.

Treatment. What a joke.

They wanted me to talk about my feelings about what I'd done. As if I'd ever apologize when that bitch had it coming. But Daddy couldn't have his precious socialite daughter ruining his reputation, could he?

They say the mind protects you from what it can’t handle.

That’s what the doctor used to tell me in the facility.

But he was wrong.

My mind didn’t protect me. It remembered everything.

Three years ago, I was standing on the terrace outside Andre’s apartment. It was late, maybe midnight. I remember the way the lights of the city looked to me like a thousand fake stars. I was angry. He was angry. The fight had gone too far.

“You can’t just disappear when something doesn’t go your way, Diane.”

“You think I’m dramatic, but you’re blind. Everyone in this house lies to
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