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a tape dispenser and looked at her. “Then perhaps her real family should have shown up before Christmas became useful.”
My husband took my stepdaughter to Christmas with his ex and told me I wasn’t her real mother—so I chose myself, walked away, and rebuilt a life they never saw coming.
Mariana stood. “No, Patricia. I was polite. You confused the two.”
“You think a promotion will keep you warm at night?”
