Chapter 293
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She looked at her daughter, and underneath the pride and the stubbornness and the anger, something raw was visible, just briefly, before she covered it over again. "When he left, when he abandoned you and walked away from this family for five years, who was there? Who made sure you had everything you needed? Who sat with you when you were pregnant and frightened and alone? Who made sure you did not lack anything, that Lily had what she needed, that you had what you needed?"

She pressed one han
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