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The Toys That Broke My Heart Chapter 9
Liam's POVFrom the end of elementary school through all three years of middle school, I consistently ranked among the top five students in my grade.Every time I brought home another certificate or academic award, Uncle Tristan put it up on the living room wall. Before long, there was barely any empty space left.One night, I got up to use the bathroom and found Uncle Tristan standing in front of that wall. He'd just gotten home after working late and hadn't even changed out of his work clothes yet.He stood there quietly, looking up at all my awards. The pride in his eyes was unmistakable.Something warm settled in my chest.He heard me and turned around with a smile. "When you get into college, I'm throwing you the biggest graduation party this town has ever seen."I grinned. "Deal. I'll get into a great school and give you something to brag about."On my high school entrance exams, I placed third in the entire country. When the results came out, my school hung a huge banner
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Liam's POVLinda came looking for me in early spring, when Westhaven was being battered by one of its worst dust storms of the season.She was bundled up from head to toe, so when she stopped me on the street, I didn't even recognize her at first."Liam, come home with me."I took a step back, unable to hide the wariness and disgust in my eyes.She seemed unable to bear the way I was looking at her. Before she said anything else, she reached out and covered my eyes with her hand."No matter how well they treat you here, you're still living with someone else's family. You're just filling a place that was meant for someone else. You're not even their biological child. Do you really think they'll keep treating you this well forever?"Be good and come home with me. You can live with us in the city from now on. I bought bunk beds for the big bedroom so you and your brother can share."I finally spoke, saying, "So you got rid of the big bed. Was Lucas upset?"Linda didn't seem to un
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Liam's POVMom pulled up Uncle Tristan's number and called him. "Tristan! Is Liam with you? Have you all lost your minds? He's my son! He's only 13 years old! He doesn't know what he's doing!"Uncle Tristan's reply was calm. "Linda, he knows exactly what he's doing. That's why he chose to come with us."Mom grew even more agitated. "Put him on the phone. I want to talk to him right now!"Uncle Tristan handed the phone to me."Hello?""Liam! Where are you? I'll come get you! Tell me the truth. Did they pressure you into going with them?""No.""Then, why did you leave? Don't you miss your mom and dad? Don't you…"I cut her off, "I'm doing really well here. Mrs. Carter, when I was living with you, you didn't exactly try to keep me around either."Mom went completely silent. "What… What did you just call me?"Her voice came out quiet and strained. But I didn't feel even the slightest bit sorry for her anymore."Last Thanksgiving Day, I spent the night at your place. I heard wh
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Third-Person POVTwo days before New Year's Eve, Jared and Linda returned to Linda's hometown with Lucas. When Linda stepped into the yard, the only person she saw was her mother, Nancy Hawke, feeding the cattle by the barn. A flicker of annoyance crossed her face."Mom, where's Liam? We're back, and he can't even be bothered to come out and say hello?"That boy gets more inconsiderate the older he gets. We have one argument, and suddenly, he's so mad he doesn't contact us for three whole months. If we hadn't come back for the holidays, was he planning on never speaking to us again?"Linda deliberately raised her voice, as though she wanted someone inside the house to hear every word.Nancy's hearing wasn't what it used to be. "What did you say? Who had an argument?"Linda waved her off impatiently. "Never mind. Just finish feeding the cows."Then, she called toward the house, "Liam!"There was still no answer.Jared and Linda exchanged a look, both suddenly uneasy. Only t
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Liam's POVUncle Tristan and Aunt Anna asked if I'd already talked everything over with Mom and Dad.I nodded. "You don't need to ask them again. Mom said if everyone talks about it again, she might start having second thoughts and change her mind."Aunt Anna nodded quickly. "Right, of course. Something this important only gets more complicated the longer people drag it out."We won't call them, then. And since your legal records are already under our family, we won't have to change much paperwork anyway."When Grandma heard the news, she didn't seem particularly surprised. She didn't even think to call Mom and Dad to check.She'd always known they favored Lucas. She knew they didn't pay much attention to their older son.The only thing she couldn't understand was how I could bear to leave my parents. After all, summer and winter breaks used to be what I looked forward to most. I would count down the days, always hoping Mom and Dad would come visit me.After all, a single phone
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Liam's POVAfter I got back to Grandma's, I gathered up every toy I owned and gave them away to some of the other kids in the village whose parents worked far from home.Ryan stared at me like I'd lost my mind. "Liam, aren't those the toys your mom gave you? You never even let anyone touch them."I shoved three of them in his hands. "They're not special anymore. I don't want them."After that, I went right back to my usual routine, helping Grandma do some housework.I found that when I kept myself busy, things didn't hurt quite as much.Then one day, when I came home from school, I heard several voices in the yard. My uncle, Tristan Beck, and my aunt, Anna Tomlinson, were there.Their son had come back to the village for summer break and drowned in a swimming accident. They'd been staying with family here for the past two months.Grandma sounded worried. "What happened with the adoption? I thought you were going to take in that child from your sister-in-law's family. Why did it
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