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Chapter 17
LITTLE MISS INSECURE
I ran as fast as I could. I don’t want to talk to anyone. Especially not to Dad. Especially not to Kristoff.
How could they do this to me? How could dad hide this thing from me? Didn’t they realize that keeping it a secret from me would make me more upset?
Now, I don’t want to think about anything. I just wouldn’t want to think. I don’t want to think. Because all that is in my mind is how they betrayed me.
Bianca Lee. Of all people, why must it be her?
She is everything I will never be. I am nothing compared to her. She is Kristoff’s ideal type. She is a goddess and they have history. She is the owner of Jewel Shoppe where everyone looks up to.
I shut my eyes as I hailed a cab.
All of these insecurities are setting in. I couldn’t believe I’d be this insecure towards someone. And this person I am insecure of is my sister. I f
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