— You will be a maid in my cottage,» my stepfather declared to me, not knowing that I intended to take all his money.
Don’t expect to live here under Christ’s protection,” the stepfather’s voice cut through the silence like a knife. “Your mother is dead, and with her passing, all your privileges are over.” I stood in the entrance hall of the house I once considered my own, clutching the handle of an old suitcase. After three years […]
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