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and moments later, footsteps approached. The door cracked open to reveal Lydia, my father’s wife, standing there in a silk robe, her face stiffening with shock and displeasure when she recognized me.
“You,” she hissed like I was something distasteful. “What are you doing here? Thomas made it clear—”
I walked past her without replying, my shoes clicking continue reading …
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