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Chapter 6

Author: Anna Smith
The lobby was packed when I arrived at nine o’clock sharp.

Reporters crowded the front, their cameras flashing constantly. Businessmen in expensive suits stood around drinking champagne, chatting loudly.

Jack and Lily were at the center of it all, glowing with pride.

Lily was wearing a red dress that cost more than most people make in a year. She bought it with my money, of course. Jack was shaking hands and slapping backs, acting like he owned the world.

Monica was standing by the door, chec
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    I didn’t move a muscle. I didn’t even blink. When the sound finally died away, the hall was so quiet I could hear Jack’s breath hitch.I knew exactly who was calling. It was Lily. She thought she was calling the number that belonged to Luna. Luna was actually my family’s most trusted personal assistant, who had spent three years repeating my words verbatim to Jack over the phone. Three days ago, when Tom first told me Lily had touched my parents, I had called Luna and told her to stop all contact with Jack immediately. I took over her phone number myself. Every call, every message from that point on would come directly from me.I had given them enough rope. I had let them play their little game.But when they moved my parents from their suite, when they left me stranded at the hospital with a baby on the way, they crossed the line that even the kindest Bellandi would never forgive.Without a word, I turned on my heel and walked toward the elevator. Tom fell into step silently besid

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