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Chapter 11
MY STEP SISTER'S MARRIAGE: I AM HER SUBSTITUTE /Emelda's book
I don’t know how long I sat there, looking at that damn file. Could’ve been minutes. Could’ve have been hours. It felt like a lifetime, honestly. Time just stopped or maybe it never really started. It was there, sitting right in front of me. A monster, ugly, thick. I had this temptation to burn it, tear it apart, smash it against the wall and scream until there was nothing left. But i couldn’t, I was stuck. Stuck in the kind of way that made your heart beat like a war drum and make your body feel like it was made of stone. It was too loud, I couldn’t escape it. The clock was breathing down my neck, counting down to something i wasn’t prepared for. “You sure?” Reeves asked. His voice was rough, low, like it was coming from the bottom of a deep pit. It was too real and too much.I wanted to laugh, I wanted to cry, I wanted to punch him in the face. Punch all of them. Punch the whole damn world. But was I sure? That I was about to burn my bridges? That I was about to sign away whatev
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-28Chapter 12
MY STEP SISTER'S MARRIAGE: I AM HER SUBSTITUTE /Emelda's book
I didn’t remember getting out of the car. One second, Reeves was muttering something about court protocol, and the next the cold slapped me across the face, snapping me awake.The courthouse loomed above us huge, heavy and indifferent.My heels clicked too loud against the Pavement. My dress coat felt too tight across my shoulders. Every step sounded like a countdown. I don’t even know how I was walking.Inside, the security line moved in jerks. I shuffled forward, clutching my bag, trying to breathe. My chest was tight, my hands were clammy, I wiped them against my skirt when no one was looking.The metal detector beeped for the woman ahead of me, she laughed nervously pulling out her keys. I wanted to run, instead I stepped through when it was my turn. The machine stayed silent, maybe it should have screamed.Maybe it knew better than I did how dangerous today really was.The courtroom wasn’t like in the movies. It wasn’t grand, it wasn’t dramatic, it was just…. beige.Ugly carpe
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-30Chapter 13
MY STEP SISTER'S MARRIAGE: I AM HER SUBSTITUTE /Emelda's book
I barely slept the night before. I don’t think i even closed my eyes, just laid there, staring at the ceiling while the hum of the fridge and the ticking of the wall clock took turns in mocking me.Every second dragged like it was trying to suffocate me. At 4:16 a.m, I got out of bed and took a shower. Hot water. Too hot. I let it burn my skin just to feel something different from panic. The pain helped somehow, it reminded me that I was still here, still fighting.By the time the sun rose, I’d already ironed my clothes, reviewed my statements and packed Mera’s lunch twice and she didn’t even have school today.Habit.Survival.When I stepped out of the elevator into the courthouse lobby, the air felt different. It was heavier than last time, tighter, like the walls were holding their last breath.Reeves was waiting for me near the metal detectors, suit perfect, hair slicked back, eyes scanning the room like a sniper. “You ready,” he asked.I nodded, even though the answer was no.H
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-30Chapter 14
MY STEP SISTER'S MARRIAGE: I AM HER SUBSTITUTE /Emelda's book
The woman at the center keeps smiling like that’ll make this easier. It doesn’t. She tells me things I already know. That visits are supervised, that the child leads, that if he’s scared, we don’t push. She uses words like “reunification” and “adjustment period,” like this is some soft story with a neat ending.I nod like I’m listening. I’m not listening though. I’m counting the seconds until that door opens.Five years, that’s how long it’s been since they told me he died. Since they took him out of my arms and disappeared with him like I never existed and now he’s walking through that door any second from now.The counselor straightens in her seat. “He’s here.”My heart slams so hard I almost choke on it and then… the door creaks open.He walks in slow. His shoulders hunched, small hands tucked into the sleeves of his hoodie. He’s not the baby I remember, not the soft, wrinkled little thing I brought into the world.He’s a boy now, grown in someone else’s shadow. But I know him, i wou
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-05-01
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