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“Stop faking, get up and clean the mess!” my mother yelled, stepping over me while I lay bleeding, 8 months pregnant after my sister pushed me. All I wanted was to protect my unborn child, but they called me dramatic. I stayed completely silent, letting them pack their bags for my husband’s multi-million dollar gala that night. When my billionaire husband asked where I was, my sister smiled, “She’s trash, we left her at home.” But when they arrived at the VIP venue, security blocked them at the door, and the CEO took the mic to announce…

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at the spreading pool of crimson ruining the antique Persian rug. She didn’t look at me.

She looked up.

“Victoria, darling, are you hurt? What happened?”

I stared up at them through a blur of tears and encroaching darkness. My maternity dress, a pale blue cotton fabric I had bought just for this family dinner, was now soaked in thick, dark blood.

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