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Suddenly, Terra screamed from the crowd.

“Welli, /iwe know ishe’s /iinot /iithat/ii!/ii” /i

The crowd erupted inughter; Sophie began to panic.

“iStop /iit!! I didn’t isteal /iiyour /iijournal/ii! /iiIt /iiwas /iiJason/ii!/ii” /i

Sophie ran over to ra and grabbed her hand.

i“/iiSister /iiI /iiswear/ii! /iiI /iinever /iitook /iiyour /iijournal/ii! /iiIt /iiwas /iiall /iiJason/ii. /iiI /iiwould /iinever /iido /iianything /iilike /iithat /iito /iiyou/ii!/ii” /i

ra looked at Sophie withplete disgust.

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i“/iiYou /iimean /iijust /iilike /iiyou /iiwould /iinever /iisteal /iimy /iifiancé/ii? /iiOr /iimy /iimother’s /iijewelry /iiand /iimementos/i. iYou’ve /iibeen /iistealing my /iilife /iisince /iithe /iimoment /iiyou /iiwere /iiborn/ii!/ii” /i

ra yanked her hand out of Sophie’s causing her to fall. Anna ran over to Sophie, her eyes piercing at ra.

i“/iiYou /iilittle /iirunt/i! iHow /iidare /iiyou /iispeak /iito /iimy /iidaughter /iilike /iithat! /iiYou’re /iijust /iiupset /iiJameson /iloves iand /iicares /iiabout /iius /iimore /iithan /iiyou /iiand /iiyour /iiwretched /iimother/ii!/ii” /i

SLAPbi! /i/b

ra pped Anna’s face hard. As her cheek burned, ra walked over to Anna. In a

menacing tone, she kneeled down to speak.

“Don’t iyou /iiever /iibring /iimy /iimother /iiup /iagain. iAnd /ifor the record, the ionly /ireason my father ‘lovesi‘ /iiyou /iiand /iiyour /iiidiot /iidaughter /iso much iis /ibecause you’re idiots.”

“iThat’s /iia /iilie/ii!/ii” /i

i“/iNo, iit /iiisn’t/ii. /iiMy /iifather /iwas inferior ito my /iimother/ii. /iiShe /iiwas /ibrilliant and iwell /iiloved/i. So, ihe /iipicked /iisomeone /iihe /iiknew /ihad no academic value all so ihe /icould ifeel superior/i. And then iwhen /i

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ihe /iilearned /iiI /iiwas /iijust as /iibrilliant /ias imy /iimother/ii, /iihe /iirelished /iiin /iithe /iifact that /iiyour /iidaughter /iiwas /iijust /iilike /iiyou/i…mediocrei./ii” /i

Tears began to swell in Anna’s eyes as she looked over at Jameson. Running over to Jameson, she grabbed his hand.

i“/iYou have ito /itelli! /iiTell /iiher /iiit’s /inot itrue/ii!!! /iiJameson/ii!!!/ii” /i

i“/iSHUT UP!!!i” /i

Anna looked back in horror as Jameson yelled and pushed her away. As she fell to the floor, he ran over to ra and grabbed her hands.

i“/iira/i! iHoney/ii! /iiYou /iiknow /iiI /iihave /iialways /iiloved /iiyour /iimother/ii! /iiYou’re /iimy /iidaughter/ii! /iiGet /iiyour /iiresearch /iiback /iifrom /iiTaylor /iiand /iie /iihome/ii! /iiI /iipromise/ii, /iiAnna /iiand Sophie /iiwon’t /iido /iianything /iielse /iito /iiyou/ii! /iiJGP /iiis /iiyour /iilegacy/ii, /iithink /iof iyour /iimother and /iithat-/ii” /i

biSLAP/i/bb! /b

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ra pped Jameson.

i“/iiYou /iidon’t /iihave /iithe /iiright /ito imention /iiher either/ii! I’m /iinot /iiyour /iidaughter/ii! /iiYou /iisee /iithem/ii! /iiThat’s /iimy /iifamily /iiover /iithere/ii!/ii” /i

ra pointed to the tables filled with Rhinehornes, Smithfields, and Taylors.

“Soi, /iiyou /iisee/ii…/iiI /iinow /iihave /iimore /iithan /iienough /iilove/ii, /iimore /ithan ienough /iifriends/i, more than enough iFAMILY/ii! /iiFrom /iithis /iiday /iion/i, I’m ino /iilonger /iiyour /iidaughter/ii!/ii” /i

Finally, ra got to say all things she wanted to say to Jameson in her former life.

Ethan signaled for security.

i“/iiRemove /ithis itrash /iifrom /ithe summit. iThe /idon’t deserve to ibe /iihere/i.”

The crowd cheered on as the Grangers along with Jason was being escorted from the ballroom. Suddenly the crowd began to cheer for ra,

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i“/iiShe /iideserves /iithe /iiaward/ii!!!/ii” /iullib/bb?/bb)/bb) /b/li/ul

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Many began to yell from the crowd. ra looked up at Ethan, first time in two lifetimes, ra feltpletely free. Hugging Ethan, they walked back over to the podium.

Lawrence handed ra the award.

i“/iI believe ithis /iibelongs /iito /iiyou /iiMs. /iiRouleau/i.i” /i

ra stared at the award with a puzzled expression. Her name was actually on que.

Confused, she looked at Ethan.

i“/iI idon’t /iiunderstand/ii…/iihow-/i”

i“/iiI /iisubmitted /iiyour /iiresearch /iito /iithe /isummit itwo /iiweeks ago /iito /iiput /iiyou /iiin /iithe /iirunning/i. iEven /iiif /iiJameson /iihad /iicreated /iia /iicure /iifor /iithe /iimon /iicold/ii, /iiyou /iiwould /iihave always /iiwon/i.i” /i

ra’s eyes welded up, tears overflowing. Just as she was about to sit back down, Ethan grabbed her hand.

“iBefore /iiyou /iitake /iiyour /iiseat /iira/ii, /iiI /iihave /iione /iimore /iithing /iito /iigive /iiyou/ii./ii” /i

Ethan began to kneel; the crowd began to cheer! Gloria yelled out in excitement for her best friend and little sister! ra could feel her eyes watering.

“iEthan/ii./ii” /i

She whispered as he pulled the small box out that Gloria had been holding for him.

i“/ira, first ilet /iime /isay iI’m /iisorry/ii. /iiSorry /iithat /iit took me so long to find you, sorry ithat /iyou ihad /ito endure so imany /iiyears /iof ipain/i, isorry /ithat it took iso /ilong ifor /ime to finally say iI /ilove iyou/i. But iI /ipromise, if iyou /iilet /iime/ii, /iiI’ll /iimake /iisure /iiyou /iinever /iifeel /ialone again. I’ll make isure /iiyour /iidays /iiare /iifilled /iiwith /iinothing /iibut /iilove /iand happiness.”

The crowd was also crying as Ethan continued.

i“/iira/ii, /iiwill /iiyou /iido /iime /iithe /iihonor /iof ibing /iimy /iiwife/ii./ii” /i

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i“/iiYES/ii!!!/ii” /i

Ethan immediately stood up and hugged ra! Spinning her around and around kissing

her all over her face.

The crowd went wild with congrattions!

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