"Marie Medici." Maybe it had just been too long since anyone called the old woman by her full maiden name. She looked confused for a moment before realizing it was me calling her.How could I call her by her full name? It was unthinkably disrespectful.So what? Marie had no choice but to swallow her anger and continued to stay on her knees, forcing a smile as she begged me to spare her useless son.I smiled right back at her. "Marie, when the homewrecker trampled all over me, you said nothing. When Samson publicly recognized his illegitimate child and humiliated me in front of the internet, you said nothing. Even when my mother was kidnapped and beaten by Samson's men, you acted deaf and blind. Unless..."I changed my tone, and for a second, a glimmer of hope appeared in her tired eyes as she looked at me anxiously. But my next words crushed her completely. "Unless you can make my mother stand up today and say she forgives Samson. Maybe I'll forget about everything then."
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