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“I didn’t know!” Ethan said desperately. “You vanished!”
“I vanished because your mother threatened me,” I snapped.
“She promised to destroy me. She called me worthless. I knew that if Eleanor discovered I was pregnant, she would bury me in court and steal my children just to mold them into miniature versions of herself.”
“That’s ridiculous!” Eleanor shouted. “She hired actors!”
Every head turned.
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