Carmen’s POV“Uh-oh,” I said as I tried to wiggle myself out of her suffocating hug politely.Eventually, she released me.“I have always loved Lori, especially when she was still a model. I was in high school, but I always watched her on the runway,” she chatted on.While this was good, she wasn’t the one I wanted to speak to. I was here because I wanted to talk to Edna Jones, and not the other way round, but then again, she was my only ticket to Edna, and I didn’t have another choice but to listen to her speak.“You must be the proudest girl in the universe!” She added.“Of course, I am,” I said, forcing a smile.Someone like her might have liked Lori being her stepmother, but certainly not me, because the expectations were too many. Lori wanted a perfect stepdaughter. I was certain that she would have been happier if the man she married had a daughter who was a model and a fashion enthusiast, but that wasn’t just me. I liked my sneakers, and joggers, and sweatpants, and big shirts
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