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Chapter 5

Author: Feather South
My "family's" brazen demands made one thing painfully clear to me: in their eyes, I wasn't a daughter or a sister—I was a disposable tool.

"Fine," I proposed. "If they want a pity play, we'll give them one. The worse we look, the more they'll pin their hopes on Carrie in the countryside and that safe. The less they bother us, the better."

Will understood immediately.

We needed them to believe I was being driven to the edge—so broken and occupied with survival that the safe never crossed my mind. From that day on, we began our silent collusion.

He kept up the role everyone had heard about: the violent, mercurial tyrant. I played the part of the substitute bride—bruised, frightened, crumbling at the seams.

I timed my call and dialed my stepmother.

"Hello… Mom?" My voice trembled and broke with feigned terror.

"What is this? Crying like a child—enough of that!" she barked, impatient.

"Mom… I can't take it…" I sobbed. "Will… he's terrifying… he lost his temper again…

"He said… th
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    My "family's" brazen demands made one thing painfully clear to me: in their eyes, I wasn't a daughter or a sister—I was a disposable tool."Fine," I proposed. "If they want a pity play, we'll give them one. The worse we look, the more they'll pin their hopes on Carrie in the countryside and that safe. The less they bother us, the better."Will understood immediately.We needed them to believe I was being driven to the edge—so broken and occupied with survival that the safe never crossed my mind. From that day on, we began our silent collusion.He kept up the role everyone had heard about: the violent, mercurial tyrant. I played the part of the substitute bride—bruised, frightened, crumbling at the seams.I timed my call and dialed my stepmother."Hello… Mom?" My voice trembled and broke with feigned terror."What is this? Crying like a child—enough of that!" she barked, impatient."Mom… I can't take it…" I sobbed. "Will… he's terrifying… he lost his temper again… "He said… th

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