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Breaking the Pattern

Author: Oma
last update publish date: 2026-01-08 22:52:26

ELIJAH'S POV:

A WEEK LATER:

After the dinner with Lucas and my brother, as well as my parents changing their minds at the last minute, I soon realised a few things and took note of them.

First of all, my parents were not actually parents, they were control freaks who had plans for their children and any one who wasn't perfect would be ditched to the side and since we were just two, at least one of us needed to be perfect and obey their wishes and that was me until I hated my life.

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