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+5 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zachary\u2019s fingers tightened around the phone, and his voice came out almost pleading. \u201cMom, I can\u2019t leave. I don\u2019t want to lose Autumn\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elowen snorted. \u201cFine, don\u2019t come back, and don\u2019t bother calling me your mom anymore!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hung up without another word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zachary was stuck between the woman he loved and his own family. He grabbed Autumn\u2019s hand, squeezed it tight, then let go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, he left her with one last desperate plea. \u201cAutumn, just wait until I sort this out. Promise me you won\u2019t fall for anyone else.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t wait for an answer. He turned and bolted before she could respond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After that day, Zachary never showed up again. Autumn figured he\u2019d finally given up, and she\u2019d just started to relax when Vanessa suddenly video called her out of nowhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAutumn, what the hell did you\u00a0<\/p>\n
do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked absolutely furious. \u201cWhy won\u2019t Zachary marry Kristen? Are you secretly throwing yourself at him again? You pulled the same crap years ago! If you hadn\u2019t swooped in when he was vulnerable, Kristen never would\u2019ve married that piece of trash just to spite him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you so pathetic? Always trying to steal what belongs to Kristen. I should\u2019ve never had you in the first place!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca and Damon both looked at Autumn with genuine concern. They seemed shocked that such vicious words could come from her own mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn was used to it by now. Her voice stayed completely calm. \u201cMom, do you actually think if you repeat a lie enough times it magically becomes true? The person who\u2019s been stealing from me my whole life has always been Kristen. And you want to talk about three years ago? Do you really not know why Kristen married Tyler?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to keep my mouth shut out of some misguided sense of family loyalty, but I don\u2019t care about that anymore. You\u2019re not going to manipulate me ever again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vanessa didn\u2019t expect Autumn to actually fight back, since she\u2019d always been so easy to deal with. She froze for a second, then her anger exploded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine! Since you don\u2019t give a damn about family, don\u2019t bother coming back ever again! We\u00a0<\/p>\n
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don\u2019t need an ungrateful daughter like you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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95\u00a0<\/p>\n
+5 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three years ago, those same words would\u2019ve had Autumn sobbing and blaming herself for being a terrible daughter. But hearing them now, she didn\u2019t feel even a hint of guilt. She realized she just didn\u2019t have any real family ties to these people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, this is the last time I\u2019m calling you that. I\u2019ve already transferred all the money you spent raising me into your account. When you\u2019re old, I\u2019ll pay whatever the law says I owe you for elder care, but after that, let\u2019s not contact each other anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn ended the video call and immediately blocked Vanessa, who\u2019d been blowing up her phone with messages. While she was at it, she blocked and deleted everyone else from the Reeves family too. She didn\u2019t want anything to do with them anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though Autumn looked totally calm on the outside, her trembling fingers and red- rimmed eyes gave away how much it hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damon had the sudden urge to pull her into his arms, but he clenched his fists hard and forced himself not to. He was scared of making her uncomfortable, but even more terrified she might push him away. Right now, he wanted to make her his more than he ever had before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca sighed and walked over to wrap her arms around Autumn. \u201cHey, don\u2019t be sad. You\u2019ve still got me and Damon. They\u2019re complete idiots for not appreciating you, and that\u2019s on them. If you want, I can have someone teach Zachary and Kristen a lesson for causing all this crap.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Autumn shook her head. \u201cForget it. It\u2019s all in the\u00a0<\/p>\n
past now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Damon kept his head down and didn\u2019t say anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Forget it? Autumn could let it go because she was kind and forgiving, but he couldn\u2019t just stand by while someone he cared about got treated like garbage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every bit of pain she\u2019d been through, every tear she\u2019d cried, he was going to make them pay back with interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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