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“herself. “The pact.”
“Pact?” I repeated.
Three Debutantes. Three pregnancies. The white ribbons. Senator Ames considering any truth that my mother had told me about my conception to be a threat, even though I apparently wasn’t his daughter.
“Pact,” I said again. My heart stopped beating. I wasn’t sure it would ever start up again. “I was the result of a pregnancy pact?”
— 17 hours, 31 min ago
“Pact?” I repeated.
Three Debutantes. Three pregnancies. The white ribbons. Senator Ames considering any truth that my mother had told me about my conception to be a threat, even though I apparently wasn’t his daughter.
“Pact,” I said again. My heart stopped beating. I wasn’t sure it would ever start up again. “I was the result of a pregnancy pact?”
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“My mom slept with her sister’s husband, and she got pregnant on purpose”
— 17 hours, 31 min ago
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“It’s ironic, is all,” my mom said lightly. “That you’ve spent this Debutante season pretending to be pregnant, and you spent ours pretending that you weren’t.”
Is Greer Ana
— 17 hours, 32 min ago
Is Greer Ana
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“My entire life, up until this year, my mother had only told me three things about my father.
She’d only slept with him once.
He hated fish.
He wasn’t looking for a scandal.”
— 17 hours, 33 min ago
She’d only slept with him once.
He hated fish.
He wasn’t looking for a scandal.”
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“Miss Taft,” he said softly. “My son got a girl—a young girl—pregnant years ago.”
I know. I know this. I—
“But that girl,” he continued, “was not your mother.”
I whirled around to face him. He couldn’t really expect me to believe that, could he?
“Her name,” he said, “was Ana.”
OH MY GOD
— 17 hours, 33 min ago
I know. I know this. I—
“But that girl,” he continued, “was not your mother.”
I whirled around to face him. He couldn’t really expect me to believe that, could he?
“Her name,” he said, “was Ana.”
OH MY GOD
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“Has he indicated to you that I’m your granddaughter?”
With as much time as I’d spent avoiding saying that, the words came out surprisingly smoothly. In response, the Ames family patriarch choked, then coughed.
“My dear,” he said, once he had recovered, “I wish that you were.”
That’s such a sweet thing to say tho
— 17 hours, 34 min ago
With as much time as I’d spent avoiding saying that, the words came out surprisingly smoothly. In response, the Ames family patriarch choked, then coughed.
“My dear,” he said, once he had recovered, “I wish that you were.”
That’s such a sweet thing to say tho
Amal
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“one. The pearls are exactly where they’re supposed to be.”
Now I was the one counting to ten. “And where is that?”
Campbell removed her ponytail holder and shook her tresses down her back. “Why,” she said, “on the way to my father’s mistress.”
— 17 hours, 35 min ago
Now I was the one counting to ten. “And where is that?”
Campbell removed her ponytail holder and shook her tresses down her back. “Why,” she said, “on the way to my father’s mistress.”
Amal
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“Smart girl.” The senator allowed his hand to fall from my shoulder. “Because if you do become inconvenient?” His tone turned almost affectionate. “I’ll kill you, sweetheart.”
Boy what
— 17 hours, 36 min ago
Boy what
Amal
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“Walker’s stable,” I said. “Or as stable as Walker gets. And Nick…”
He is stable, you are deep
— 17 hours, 37 min ago
He is stable, you are deep
Amal
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“I am not a teenager,” the tuxedoed boy declared in the single most cheerful lie Mackie had ever heard. “I am a lawyer. Take me to my clients.”
Sure you are lil bro
— 17 hours, 42 min ago
Sure you are lil bro
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“If you weren’t driving,” I said pointedly, “and Walker wasn’t, who was?”
She waited so long to reply that I wasn’t sure a response was coming. And then it did. “Our father.”
Oh my god
— 17 hours, 43 min ago
She waited so long to reply that I wasn’t sure a response was coming. And then it did. “Our father.”
Oh my god
