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Ch10 - All the attention

Penulis: Lovis
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-31 16:57:27

Rosalie's POV

It was always like this. Whenever I brought up something that was bothering me, my mother would reach back and pull out something I'd once said I wanted — dangle it in front of me like that would fix everything. Like it was enough to shut me up.

She'd probably learned it from dealing with Vanessa. Whenever Vanessa threw a fit, she'd buy her something she'd had her eye on, and Vanessa would settle down. Maybe she figured I worked the same way. That this was just me being difficult.
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