FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED
“I’m sure your bought body is exactly what he ordered.”
“Bought body.” I laughed, short and humorless, tying the sash of my traveling coat, refusing to give them the satisfaction of seeing how deep the words still cut, even now, even after everything I’d survived without them. “Careful. People might start asking what actually happened to me, and you won’t like the answer.”
“Oh, please.” Claudia rolled her eyes, leaning against the doorframe with the same lazy cruelty she’d perfected since childhood. “Whatever expensive doctor fixed you up, it clearly didn’t fix the attitude.”