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I opened my gift box to find an e-reader inside. Before I could express my joy, I saw Kevin hugging Natasha tightly. "Thanks, Nat! I knew I was your favorite! You actually got me the latest laptop!" Claire said in shock, "This model goes for 4,000 dollars at retail price! Natasha, you must've spent more than a month's pay from your internship on this, right?" Natasha fondly patted Kevin on the head. "No matter how pricey it is, I have to get it for Kev. He's my brother, after all."

Elias offered to send a driver to take me to her place and I agreed. Now, here I was, outside a brightly lit toy store, feeling a little foolish. Just a few months before, I couldn't even afford a new pair of shoes—hell, I was just getting by. And now I was purchasing toys for children who weren't mine. Children who had somehow melted their way into the crevices of my heart. I gazed at the window display. Pink dollhouses, sketchbooks, toy trucks, puzzles. A gentle laugh escaped my lips. The irony was not lost on me.

I said flatly, shaking my head as though that settled the matter. But Vanessa wasn't about to let it go. She advanced on me like a phantom from the abyss, her persistence unsettling. "I have a power bank! Here, use it!" Her voice trembled with urgency, her eyes glinting with a mix of insistence and something darker. "Please, Lucy," she continued, layering her words with guilt. "150 dollars might not mean much to you, but to me, it's everything." Her words wrapped themselves around me like chains. The sweat on my back had nothing to do with the heat of the room. "I really can't like it," I murmured, my discomfort plain.