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THIRTY-FIFTH CHAPTER:

Author: Merry Mab
last update Last Updated: 2024-08-23 15:48:23

---Merida’s POV---

Breakfast was good and just as enjoyable as dinner but just on a smaller scale. Then again, I wasn’t really allowed to eat with my family as I was busy cleaning, serving or cooking the food. I always ate by myself in the kitchen, and it was whatever was left over as I had to wait for them to finish before I could eat. Let it be that we should run out of something, or they found me eating I was to blame for why they were starving.

*I wonder how they are doing without me. It’s been over a week since I’ve been home or cooked for them!* I thought just as my plate was picked up and taken to the kitchen. *I will never get used to this. I just feel awful that someone is doing what I can do myself!*

*Girl you were a child of that blasted household. Not a cook, maid, or servant! They used you and asked too much of you. Now their suffering is not your concern anymore. Don’t forget that turd demanded money to sign away his parental rights. Now you can focus on what you really
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