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“You were always our family’s greatest shame, so don’t even think about sitting at the front tables,” my mother told me at my sister’s luxury wedding, forcing me to stand in the rain outside with my little girl. Minutes later, my husband arrived in a black-suited convoy, took one look at our soaking wet daughter, and locked eyes with the wealthy groom who had mocked us. “Kneel and apologize to my princess,” my husband demanded, and as the guards drew their weapons, the arrogant groom dropped straight to his knees in front of all three hundred guests.

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SUV. The neon lights of the highway washed over the leather interior, a stark contrast to the oppressive, suffocating darkness we had just left behind at the Villa del Sol.

In the backseat, Daisy was fast asleep. She was wrapped tightly in one of Christopher’s spare cashmere sweaters, her head resting heavily on my lap, her breathing deep and even.

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