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Chapter 3

Author: WineMirror
Perhaps for an unloved child, even surviving takes tremendous effort.

My relationship with my mother completely shattered when Bradley confessed his feelings for me.

When he stood before me, face flushed, nervously saying "I like you," I was tempted to use him to get my mother's attention.

In the end, I didn't. I turned Bradley down.

But he persisted, coming to our house more often, even slipping love notes into my room.

One day, I came home to find my mother waiting, letter in hand.

Before I could speak, she slapped me hard across the face.

I clutched my cheek, bewildered.

She threw the letter at me.

"Bradley isn't like you. He's Ivy League material!"

"Your father doesn't care about you, and I can't control you. I'm not even your homeroom teacher. You could be working the streets for all I care!"

"But you absolutely cannot seduce my student!"

Seduce? I couldn't fathom why that word came from my mother's mouth.

But I refused to take the blame for something I hadn't done.

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