Nina’s face was knocked to the side, her ears ringing.She slowly turned her head back, eyes wide as she stared at Donald, a layer of moisture gathering in them.“Brother, you hit me again?!”Donald’s expression was dark, his muscles taut, the veins at his temple throbbing.Ignoring Michael’s attempt to shield Nina, he raised his hand and slapped her again.“I want to strangle you.”“You’ve barely had a few decent meals and you’ve already forgotten where you came from. Did you forget you ate out of trash cans? Yet you dare call others disgusting. Have you looked in the mirror lately? Inside and out, what part of you isn’t repulsive?”Some words, when spoken by a stranger, were like mud—messy, but easily washed away.When spoken by an ordinary friend, they were pebbles—sharp enough to hurt, but the pain soon faded.But when spoken by the one a person loved, they became poison, seeping inward and corroding everything from the inside out.Nina had always believed Donald was her salvation,
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