Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Was the Child They Never Loved: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 12

I stared at the screen for a long time. I didn't hate Hannah. She was just the child who had been favored. But I couldn't go back to pretending nothing had happened either.I wrote back, "Let's talk about that when we've both had more time to grow up."The months that followed were so busy I barely had time to be sad. I received my research assistant stipend and was awarded the national scholarship. Professor Langner brought me into the core research group, and for the first time, my name appeared as second author on a published paper.The lab went out to dinner that night to celebrate. Faye raised her glass and said, "Congrats, Claire! Things are only going up from here."I smiled and nodded.In that moment, I wanted so badly to reach back through time and hold the version of me that used to be—the little girl who went to the school nurse alone, who stood in the living room holding a report card no one cared about, and who was still waiting for her mom right up until the anesthes