eyes.
My dilemma doesn’t last for long as Dad opens the door and pulls me into a hug
“Oh, Sophie… Orin told me he let you in!” He hugs me tight and tears simmer in my
I pull away and look at his face.
“You look old,” I say. His hair is mostly gray now, skin more loose. Only in two years?
He chuckles. “I am old…”
“And look at you.” He grabs my shoulder and looks at me up and down. “You look like a different person!”
I smile.
“I am a different person, Dad.”
He steers me towards the living room and I glance around. Everything is the same.
“I couldn’t believe it when I saw the news. I could believe it was you Sophie…” He take
a pause and hesitantly adds, “It was also a shock what you admitted to that reporter
Betrayed
My cheeks burn. I used quite some swear words to tell the truth. They have been
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playing it on replay. The worst part is they have been running my before and after pics on tv comparing and rating me. People have been gossiping if what I said was true or not. If it
was true, then would Caleb want me back?
Many even sided with Caleb that he was not wrong to back off from the engagement if he didn’t like me anymore.
How could people be so cruel?
Lena had grabbed the remote and switched off the tv when I couldn’t help but watch
the sick news.
“It will f7uck you up! Stop watching this s7hit!” she had shouted at me.
“What she said was a lie” A voice booms from the door and I stiffen.
Fu7cking great!
It’s my stepmom. Joy.
All she bought in my life was misery. She is an influential woman. She often gets her
way with dad. Dad loves her, maybe that’s why.
“Joy! this is not the time.”
“Why? My daughter has been shamed… why should I not talk about it?” she says,
angrily.
I scoff internally.
Shamed!
I don’t think so.. Not enough.
The way she sent me her and Caleb’s nudes and riding him!
That whore! She even gave him a m7othe7rfu7cking blow job in front of me.
That image burned hard in my head. I feel an ache in my heart as I recall that day
again.
But I am suddenly burning with resentment.
S7hit.
This is not the time.
“We will talk about it after lunch. Keep your mouth shut,” Dad tells Joy in a hardened
voice, and my eyes widen.
Dad is never harsh with Joy. This is the first time I am hearing him like this.
Once joy stomps out if living room, we talk and dad asks me what I have been upto. I tell him about the music company and what I have achieved so far.
“You are too thin now,” he says with resentment. “It looks like you have been starving
yourself.”
I let out a nervous laugh. Lena did scold me for being obsessed with my weight
“My dietitian Lena makes sure I don’t do that, Dad. She pays close attention to my diet.
