The lawyer shook his head. "Mr. Gordon, your assets aren't enough."Otis's eyes blazed. "Then I'll borrow. I have to do this!"He knelt at my grave, sobbing. "Lenora, I was wrong. I was so wrong."Footsteps approached. Noah walked up, holding white chrysanthemums.Otis looked up. "Who are you?""I'm Lenora's friend," Noah said, placing the flowers gently.Otis grabbed his hand. "How was she? Did she hate me?"Noah looked at the tombstone. "She just wanted to be Lenora, not David's shadow."The words pierced Otis's heart. He let go, collapsing."Not David's shadow," he murmured repeatedly, his tears streaming.I never wanted grand love. I just wanted to be their daughter, not anyone's substitute or shadow.I just wanted to be me.Noah quietly walked away, leaving Otis sobbing at my grave.Colette was sent to a mental hospital. She hugged a pillow, calling it David or Lenora.Nurses said she woke up at night, screaming that someone had called her Mom.Neville ended up on t
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