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Chapter 24: Sisters

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HELENE

“So what happened next?” Isabel asked urgently, cupping my face as she examined both sides. “You didn’t just stand there and let her hit you, did you?”

“Of course not,” I said, gently pulling her hands away.

My mind drifted back to a few hours earlier.

If I hadn’t reacted quickly, that slap would have landed squarely on my face.

Even now, I could still see the shock in my mother’s eyes. The way her expression froze the moment I caught her wrist mid-air.

I hadn’t said a word.

I had simply
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