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Josie looked at her father with ba /bck expression. That pissed him of more than anything. No more were the adoring eyes of a daughter desperate for his lowe.

“Mr. Taylor…iI’m /iskipping dinner tonight because I have a severe allergic to seafood. Something I expressed over five years ago.”

Before Harold could say something, Josie continued.

“A ifact /iiof /iwhich I’m sure you probably forgot being as to how it was so long ago. The ifact /ithat it can literally kill is of no imatter/i.”

Harold’s face fell. He had no idea she was allergic to seafood. He quickly tried to rey a time she may have told bhim/b, each timeing up nk. Suddenly Laura spoke,

“I–It was an ident Josie. We ididn’t /iknow. We can have the cooks make something else.”

Josie smiled eerily bright at Laura causing a slight chill down her spine. Her daughter’s face was so

lifeless now.

*You knew Mrs. Taylor because I itold /iyou imultiple /itimes. iThe /iiproper /iterminology would be that you forgot, and as I said…I can understand you iforgetting /isomething as unimportant as a food that can kill fne8cf Read full story at /fne8cf

me.”

Laura’s face paled. Was that how Josie saw this? More importantly…was it true?

Finally, she turned back to her three siblings.

“Although I’m not sure iwhy /iiyou /ithought iit /iwas my absolute favorite, I thank you for the efforts of cooking my ‘favorite‘ imeals/i.i” /i

Josie’s eyes were icyb, /bcausing Vanessa bto /blook away nervously. This hadn’t gone the way she thought it would. Josie looked over at Christian.

“Will that apology be suffice ienough /ifor Ms. iTaylor/i? I can do another iif /iit’s not.”

Christian’s face harden. Josie was doing this on purpose, but it was also what they asked for. Finally, she turned to Jamie.

“As iyou /iiyoung /iiMr. /iTaylor…iI’m /inot sure if iyou’ve /ifigured iout /iwhat I could have possibly done to upset Ms.

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iTaylor/i, ibut /iiif /iiyou’re /iireferring /ito imy /iistepping /iiback/i. iRight /iinow/ii, /idue to ithe /iiinjuries /ion imy /iback, it’s iufortable /ito ihug/ii./i”

Jamie’s bface /bfell ashen; he had no idea she was covered in back bruises!

“iJosie/ii…/iI ididn’t/i…”

i“/iiOf /icourse iyou /iididn’t/ii…/iibecause /iiyou /iinever /iiasked/ii. /iiYou /iiassumed/ii, /iiand /iithen /iiI /iigot /iifused /iiat /ifor iall /ibiof /i/byour assumptions. iWell/ii, /iiat /iileast /iithat /iimuch /iihas /iistayed /iithe /iisame /iiall /iithese /iiyears/i.”

With that, Josie turned around and left, leaving the family feeling embarrassed. The servants all shook their heads as they watched it unfold. Over the years, they always felt bad for Josie. Everyone in the house knew Vanessa was the one that murdered that person, and even after taking the fall, the Taylors still treated her like an outsider.

Laura was the first to speak.

i“/iiVanessa/ii…/iiwhy /iidid /iiyou /iigo /iiout /iiyour /iiway /iito /iitell /iime several /iitimes /iiseafood /iiwas /iJosie’s ifavorite/ii?/ii” /i

Vanessa’s eyes widen with shock, her little dinner n to make Josie ufortablepletely backfired. Scrambling for an answer, Vanessa began to cry.

i“/iiMom/ii…/iiI’m /iso isorry/ii!! /iI ihonestly /iiforgot/ii!!! /iI iwas /iijust /iitrying /iito /iimake /iiher /iifeel /iiat /iihome/ii!!! /iI’m isorry/ii!!!/i”

Harlod chimed in before Laura could say anything.

“iShe /iijust /iforgot iLaura/ii! /iiHell/ii…/iiit /iiwas /iiyears /iiago/i! iI /iidon’t /iiremember /iieverything /iifrom /iithat /iifar-/i” ulli/li/ul

i“/iiBut /iiwe /iiremember /iiour /iiother /iichildren’s /iiallergies /iiHarold/ii. /iiJust /iisaying/i…ishe /iilost /iifour /iiyears /iof iher /iilife/i…iit /iiwould /iihave /iibeen /iinice /ito iat /iileast /iiremember /iiher /iifavorite /iifoods/i.i” /i

Everyone stood in shock bas /bLaura left the room. Vanessa was seething on the inside, never had her mother got upset with her beforeb; /bmuch less over Josie! Jamie rubbed her back.

“Don’t fret Ness. Josie iwill /iibe /iiokay/i…ishe /iialways /iiis/ii./i”

Harold looked over at Christian.

i“/iiDo /iiyou /iknow anything about ithose /isupposed bruises on her iback/ii./ii” /i

Christian looked at his father, his expression ufortable.

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“They aren’t suppose‘. I’ve seen them.”

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Shouldn’t the cook know as well that she doesn’t eat seafood because of her

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