Her fifth daughter died, so she deleted his bloodline. novel Chapter 54

Chapter 1

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My fingers were too stiff to type. I handed the p

sign.”

“If I die, it’s on me.”

When the surgery light clicked on, I was calm. bone-deep cold finally faded.

I thought, this is probably the last time I’ll eve

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Rose was an orphan the Mitchells took in. She was five. I was six.

She was a porcelain doll in a white dress, delicate and breakable. I wore a muddy

tracksuit and had just jumped out of a tree.

Jason held her hand and told me, “Nina, she doesn’t have a family anymore. We’re all she’s got now. You’re the older sister, look out for her, okay?”

Twenty years of being nice.

I gave up my room because it had better light, better for her health. I gave up piano lessons because she wanted them, and we could only afford one arts kid. I gave up my college spot because she’d be depressed if she failed, and I could handle repeating a

year.

I didn’t hate her. I didn’t hate Jason.

I was just tired.

The surgery worked. I kept the leg, but the frostbite left permanent damage. It aches in cold weather. I limp if I walk too fast.

A week in the hospital. Jason never called.

Probably busy with traumatized Rose, I figured.

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