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Chapter Eighty One

Author: KL Jenkins
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Sebastian comes to stand beside me, and Tina lets go of my hand to pick up the little girl I've only seen in photos up until now.

She's beautiful, looking just like Sebastian. Thick brown hair, gorgeous eyes, and a cheeky grin that she greets everyone with as if she knows she is an extraordinary girl. Which she is, don't get me wrong.

Until she looks at me standing beside her father, and she frowns.

"What's your name?" She asks me, obviously not having recognised me, and she appraises her father-Sebastian. His hand is around my waist, holding tight as he usually does.

I don't know why, but knowing she doesn't know who I am hurts just a little.

"I'm Cassidy," I tell her. Reaching my hand out to shake hers as if this were a business meeting. She takes my hand in her own and shakes it firmly before grinning so beautifully that I think my heart breaks at her beauty.

"Melody," she tells me, then turns away and struggles down to the floor.

Charlotte puts Jordan down, too, and the pair of t
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