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CHAPTER 43: Family Dinner!

Author: Vee Okon
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-02-27 23:46:56

Scarlett's POV

The dining room felt like a stage set for a play I hadn't rehearsed for.

Crystal chandelier casting prismatic light across white linen tablecloth. Fine china that probably cost more than my entire education. Silverware arranged with the kind of precision that spoke of old money and older traditions.

And at the center of it all, my mother, blissfully unaware that her daughter had just returned from watching a man's execution.

"Scarlett, honey, pass the salt please."

I reached for
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