My Mother Evicted Me The Second I Paid My Sister’s $36k Tuition — So I Audited Her Entire Life
Part 2
I stared at the glowing words on my screen.
She had called Dad.
Craig, our father, was the man Brenda had painted as a deadbeat for the last decade.
She claimed he never sent a dime to support us.
I had not spoken to him since I was sixteen.
Every time I tried, Brenda would weep about how he abandoned us.
Why would Heather call him?
What could he possibly do?
He was broke and useless, according to our family lore.
Before I could type a reply, the phone rang.
My father’s name appeared on the display.
I hesitated.
The old conditioning whispered that answering him was a betrayal of my mother.
The cut on my cheek throbbed.
It was a sharp reminder that my loyalty had only earned me a physical scar.
I answered the call.
He sounded breathless and gruff.
He asked if I was okay.
He said Heather told him I was hurt.
I kept my voice entirely flat.
I told him I was fine and that I was leaving.
He demanded to know where I was going.
I admitted I didn’t know, maybe a hotel.
He told me absolutely not.
He ordered me to come home to the farm.
I told him I didn’t have time for this.
I explained I needed to figure out my destroyed finances.
I told him Brenda had just kicked me out.
He interrupted me.
He mentioned that Heather had explained the entire situation.
He brought up the ongoing tuition checks.
He paused, and I heard a ragged intake of breath.
He asked me why I was paying her tuition.
I snapped at him.
The anger flared hot and sudden in my chest.
I told him I paid it because he didn’t.
I told him Brenda said he stopped sending checks years ago.
A thick, heavy silence stretched across the call.
His tone became dangerously quiet.
He asked what she had said.
I repeated that she said he was broke and didn’t care.
His voice broke.
He told me he had sent a check for fifteen hundred dollars every single month for the last ten years.
He sent extra for tuition.
He had always mailed cash for birthdays and holidays.
I whispered that I never saw it.
He said he knew that now.
He explained she had sent his letters back.
She had told him we didn’t want to talk to him.
She claimed she was putting the money in a trust for us.
The world tilted violently.
Financial infidelity.
She had stolen over two hundred thousand dollars from him.
She had stolen my father.
He begged me to come home.
He claimed to possess the bank statements as proof.
I looked at the dark road ahead.
I told him I was coming.
I hung up and pressed the accelerator to the floor.
How was I going to make Brenda pay for a decade of stolen life?
Part 3
Megan stared at the confirmation screen on her banking app, the glow illuminating the dark interior of her beat-up sedan.
Five thousand dollars sent.
It was the final tuition payment for her younger sister, Heather.
This was the last installment of a thirty-six-thousand-dollar debt she had never signed up for.
Somehow, she had inherited it anyway.
For three years, that number had been a heavy chain around her neck.
It tightened with every passing semester.
The ledger was finally wiped clean.
Megan did not feel happy.
She felt incredibly light.
It was the kind of lightness one experiences when finally putting down a massive burden after hiking miles in the wrong direction.
She exhaled a long breath and slipped her phone into her pocket.
She pulled into the driveway of her mother’s condo.
It was a high-end gated fortress with manicured lawns and pristine white walls.
Megan paid the homeowner association fees every single month.
She did it expecting a little quiet.
Maybe a thank you.
Maybe just a moment of peace.
Instead, she saw the front door wide open.
Black garbage bags lined the hallway like body bags.
Her clothes, her books, her entire life, were wrapped in cheap plastic.
They were tossed aside haphazardly on the hardwood floor.
Megan walked inside.
Her mother, Brenda, was standing in the center of the living room.
She was busy issuing commands to Dan.
Dan was busy dismantling Megan’s solid oak bookshelf.
He did not even look up.
He just kept unscrewing the frame, humming a cheerful tune to himself.
Megan stood in the doorway.
She asked what was going on.
Her voice was calm.
It was far too calm.
Brenda turned around slowly.
She was holding a glass of red wine.
It was the expensive vintage Megan had bought for her birthday last week.
Brenda smiled.
It was not a warm expression.
It was the smile of a landlord evicting a tenant who had just outlived their usefulness.
She took a slow sip of the wine.
She told Megan that Dan needed the room for his new home gym.
She tilted her head.
She said Megan didn’t need the space anymore.
Megan blinked.
She reminded Brenda that she lived there.
Brenda laughed lightly.
She said not anymore.
She made it clear that Heather’s educational debts were settled.
She stated that Megan’s job was done.
She took another sip.
She told Megan to get out.
The transaction was complete.
Megan had served her purpose.
Megan shook her head.
She told Brenda she could not be serious.
She reminded her mother that she had paid the rent that very morning.
Brenda laughed again.
She told Megan to consider it a parting gift.
She casually motioned toward the front door.
She told Megan to go because she was cluttering up the hallway.
Megan stepped forward.
She planted her feet firmly on the rug.
She refused to leave until Brenda explained why she was throwing her out the exact second the check cleared.
Brenda’s smile vanished instantly.
Her eyes turned icy and unfeeling.
They looked like shark eyes, dead and cold in the dim light.
She stepped closer.
She told Megan to get out.
Her voice was a venomous hiss.
Brenda lunged.
She threw her arm forward with shocking speed.
The wine glass left her hand.
It flew across the short distance between them.
It shattered against Megan’s cheekbone.
Red wine splashed across her crisp white shirt like fresh blood.
A heavy shard of glass sliced the skin just below Megan’s left eye.
The sting was sharp.
It was immediate.
It was burning hot.
Megan’s pulse did not even spike.
Panic is a reaction to the unexpected.
It was merely the last piece of a terrible transaction falling into place.
Megan reached up slowly.
She touched her cheek.
She looked down at the blood smearing her fingertips.
She felt something inside her snap.
It was not a break.
It was a realignment.
Dan let out a cruel laugh from his position on the rug.
He told Megan she better listen to her mother.
He chuckled and noted Brenda had a mean throwing arm.
Megan looked at them.
She really looked at them.
The woman who birthed her was glaring at her with raw contempt.
The man who was currently replacing her furniture with kettlebells was smirking.
They were not family.
They were parasites.
They had just realized the host was finally waking up.
Megan nodded once.
She said okay.
She turned around and walked out the door.
The heavy door slammed shut behind her.
The sound echoed like a gunshot in the sterile hallway.
Megan did not stop.
She walked straight to her car.
It was the same beat-up sedan she had driven since college.
Every spare dollar she earned had gone into that pristine condo.
She sat in the driver’s seat.
She locked the doors.
Her hands were shaking.
It was not fear.
It was pure, unadulterated adrenaline.
She pulled down the vanity mirror.
The cut on her cheek was small.
It was a thin red line, but the surrounding skin was already swelling.
She stared at her reflection.
This was it.
This was the exact moment she had been subconsciously preparing for since she was sixteen years old.
She reached into the glove box.
She pulled out a small waterproof pouch.
It held her passport, her birth certificate, and a thumb drive with scanned copies of her tax returns.
She had not packed a bag.
She had not taken her clothes.
She had her identity.
The smell of wine lingered on her shirt.
It was sour and cloying.
She looked up at the condo windows.
The lights were blazing bright.
She imagined them in there.
Brenda was probably pouring herself another glass.
Dan was testing the weight of the dumbbells he had never paid for.
They thought this was just another fight.
They assumed it was another Tuesday where Megan gets mad, drives around for an hour, and comes back to apologize for being difficult.
That was what she always did.
That was what she was programmed to do.
Her phone buzzed in the cup holder.
It was a message from Brenda.
Brenda told Megan she was being dramatic.
She ordered her to come back and clean up the mess she made on the carpet.
Megan stared at the glowing screen.
There was no apology.
There was no concern that Brenda had just assaulted her.
It was just an order to clean the stain caused by her own violence.
Responding required an emotional investment Megan no longer possessed.
Taking the time to block her would require caring.
Megan chose absolute inaction.
She set the phone down.
For years, Megan had believed that if she just paid enough, she would earn her place.
If she sacrificed enough, she would be valued.
She thought she was buying love.
She was just paying rent for a space in Brenda’s life that was never really hers.
The lease was officially up.
Megan started the car engine.
It sputtered, then finally caught.
She did not know where she was going.
She just knew she was never going back.
As she pulled out of the complex, passing the security gate she funded, she felt a strange sensation in her chest.
It was not grief.
It was the feeling of a heavy steel chain finally snapping under tension.
She touched the stinging cut on her face again.
It was the final physical receipt of her toxic upbringing.
She drove toward the highway.
The city lights blurred past her windows.
She needed a plan.
She needed a place to sleep.
Most importantly, she needed to make sure Brenda never saw a single dime from her ever again.
Megan drove for an hour without a destination.
The adrenaline slowly faded into a numb, cold shock.
Her phone sat in the passenger seat, entirely silent.
She pulled into a twenty-four-hour diner parking lot.
She killed the engine and leaned her head back against the seat.
Thirty-six thousand dollars.
She said the number out loud.
She tested its weight in the empty car.
It was three years of skipped vacations, packed lunches, and overtime shifts.
It was the price of admission to a family that never wanted her.
She looked at her phone again.
There was a notification from her bank app.
Tomorrow was the scheduled date for the utility auto-draft.
She opened the app.
Her thumb hovered over the cancel button.
For a second, the old panic flared.
If she did this, Brenda would be furious.
Then Megan remembered the wine glass flying toward her face.
She tapped cancel.
Then she went to the scheduled transfers.
The association fee.
Cancel.
The car insurance for Brenda’s luxury SUV.
Cancel.
The entertainment subscriptions Dan relied upon.
Cancel.
She went down the list of every small, invisible tether she had used to bind herself to them.
She severed them one by one.
It was not revenge.
It was a vital emotional amputation.
She put the phone down.
The heavy silence inside the sedan expanded.
She started the car and turned onto the on-ramp for the interstate heading north.
She knew exactly where she was going.
She had not been there in ten years, not since the bitter divorce.
It was the only place she knew that did not feel like a transaction.
Megan was twenty miles outside the city limits when her phone buzzed again.
She braced herself for another demand from Brenda.
The notification showed someone else’s name.
It was Heather.
Her stomach tightened.
Heather was the golden child.
She was the reason Megan drained her savings.
She expected a text asking where she was.
She picked up the phone.
An attached photo showed the hardwood floor.
Jagged shards of glass shone in the harsh light.
The dark liquid pooled around the broken pieces.
A brief caption followed the image.
Heather said she saw what Brenda did.
She said she was so sorry.
Then Megan read the final line of the message.
Heather had called Dad.
Megan stared at the glowing words on her screen.
Heather had called Craig.
Craig, their father, was the man Brenda had painted as a deadbeat for the last decade.
According to Brenda, he had walked out on them to play farmer in the country.
She claimed he never sent a dime to support them.
Megan had not spoken to him since she was sixteen.
Every time she tried, Brenda would weep about how he abandoned them.
Why would Heather call him?
What could he possibly do?
He was broke and useless, according to their family lore.
Before Megan could type a reply, the phone rang.
Craig was calling her.
She hesitated.
Her thumb hovered over the decline button.
The old conditioning whispered that answering him was a betrayal of her mother.
The cut on her cheek throbbed.
It was a sharp reminder that her loyalty had only earned her a physical scar.
She answered the call.
His words came out ragged and anxious.
He asked if she was okay.
He said Heather told him she was hurt.
Megan kept her voice entirely flat.
She told him she was fine and that she was leaving.
He demanded to know where she was going.
She admitted she didn’t know, maybe a hotel.
He told her absolutely not.
He ordered her to come home to the farm.
Megan told him she didn’t have time for this.
She explained she needed to figure out her destroyed finances.
She told him Brenda had just kicked her out.
Craig interrupted her.
He admitted that Heather had confessed the whole story.
He specifically asked about the college expenses.
He paused, and Megan heard a ragged intake of breath.
He asked her why she was paying Heather’s tuition.
Megan snapped at him.
The anger flared hot and sudden in her chest.
She told him she paid it because he didn’t.
She told him Brenda said he stopped sending checks years ago.
The line went completely dead for a few moments.
When he spoke again, his voice was a low growl.
He asked what Brenda had said.
Megan repeated that Brenda said he was broke and didn’t care.
Craig’s voice broke.
He told Megan he had sent a check for fifteen hundred dollars every single month for the last ten years.
He sent extra for tuition.
He made sure to send funds for every special occasion.
Megan whispered that she never saw it.
He said he knew that now.
He explained Brenda had sent his letters back.
Brenda had told him the girls didn’t want to talk to him.
She claimed she was putting the money in a trust for them.
The world tilted violently.
Financial infidelity.
The term flashed in Megan’s mind.
Brenda had stolen over two hundred thousand dollars from him.
She had stolen Megan’s father.
Craig begged her to come home.
He had kept all the financial receipts to back up his claims.
Megan looked at the dark road ahead.
She told him she was coming.
She hung up and pressed the accelerator to the floor.
It was nearly midnight when Megan turned onto the gravel road leading to Craig’s farm.
The air smelled of wet earth and pine needles.
It was a stark contrast to the sterile, climate-controlled scent of Brenda’s condo.
The farmhouse was lit up like a beacon.
As Megan parked, the front door flew open.
Craig was there before she could even unbuckle her seatbelt.
He looked older than she remembered.
His hair was much grayer.
His hug was solid.
He smelled of sawdust and rain.
He whispered into her hair that she was safe.
Megan let him hold her for a moment.
It was just long enough to remember what a father was supposed to feel like.
Then she pulled back.
She did not want comfort.
She wanted ammunition.
She demanded to see the financial records.
They sat at his kitchen table.
It was a battered oak slab covered in papers.
It was messy, chaotic, and completely real.
Craig pushed a thick stack of bank statements toward her.
Megan went through them with cold precision.
She reviewed them like a supply chain manager auditing a failing vendor.
Line after line.
Check number after check number.
Fifteen hundred dollars.
Two thousand for tuition.
Five hundred for Christmas.
Every single month.
Craig explained he sent them to a post office box Brenda set up.
His voice was thick with shame.
He said Brenda claimed it was for their privacy.
Brenda told him she was putting it into a high-yield savings account for when the girls were ready to buy houses.
Megan did the math in her head.
Fifteen hundred a month for ten years was one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
Plus the extra tuition checks.
Plus the generous gifts.
Brenda had taken over two hundred thousand dollars from him.
Then she had taken thirty-six thousand from Megan.
Megan stated her mother was double-dipping.
Her voice was utterly flat.
She explained Brenda was cashing his checks for tuition, and then telling Megan he didn’t pay, so she would pay it again.
Craig put his head in his hands.
He said he should have known.
He said he should have fought harder to see them.
Megan told him Brenda said he didn’t want to see them.
Brenda claimed he was busy with his new life.
Craig looked up.
He said his life was growing plants.
He said he had been waiting for her to come home for a decade.
Megan looked at the massive stack of papers.
This was not just bad parenting.
This was not just toxicity.
This was felony fraud.
It was embezzlement.
It was theft by deception.
She told her father they needed a lawyer.
The next morning, they sat in the office of a family law attorney named Mr.
Henderson.
He was a sharp-eyed man.
He listened to their story without interrupting.
Megan laid out the detailed spreadsheet she had created overnight.
It compared Craig’s payments versus her payments versus the actual costs.
Mr.
Henderson let out a low whistle.
He stated the evidence was substantial.
He said they were looking at fraud, conversion of funds, and potentially elder financial abuse.
He mentioned it depended on how Brenda positioned the spousal support.
Craig said he didn’t care about the spousal support.
He just wanted Megan’s money back.
Mr.
Henderson promised they would get it all back.
He warned they needed to move fast.
He said if Brenda realized they were talking, she might try to hide the remaining assets.
Megan shook her head.
She said Brenda would not realize anything.
She explained Brenda thought she was at a hotel crying.
Brenda assumed she had broken her.
Megan pulled her laptop out of her bag.
She told the lawyer she needed to draft a demand letter.
She clarified it was not just for the money.
It was for absolutely everything.
Megan spent the next hour working closely with Mr.
Henderson.
They drafted a lawsuit that was less a legal document and more a tactical nuclear strike.
They listed every stolen check.
They documented every fraudulent claim.
They attached the photos of the text messages where Brenda claimed Craig was a deadbeat.
When they were finally done, Mr.
Henderson looked at Megan.
He commented that she was very calm for someone who just found out her mother was a criminal.
Megan replied she was not calm.
She was organized.
She looked over at Craig.
She warned him Brenda was going to come for them.
She explained that when Brenda realized the auto-pay was off and the money was gone, she would come to the farm.
Brenda knew this was the only place Megan would go.
Craig’s jaw set firmly.
He told Megan to let her come.
He reminded her this was not Brenda’s condo.
This was his land.
He stated Brenda had absolutely no power there.
They drove back to the farm in comfortable silence.
Megan spent the afternoon helping Craig in the greenhouse.
They potted delicate green seedlings.
The feel of the rich dirt on her hands was incredibly grounding.
It was real work.
It was creating real life.
It was nothing like the artificial performance Brenda always demanded.
As the sun began to set, Megan saw a cloud of dust on the horizon.
A black Lexus was tearing down the gravel road.
It was driving far too fast.
Megan told her father she was here.
Craig wiped his dirt-stained hands on a rag.
He told Megan to stay behind him.
Megan refused.
She stood up and brushed the soil from her jeans.
She stated she was done hiding.
She walked out to the driveway just as the Lexus skidded to a chaotic halt.
Brenda got out.
She looked entirely out of place in her designer heels and crisp white pants.
Dan was with her.
He looked deeply annoyed that he had been dragged out into the country.
Brenda marched toward them.
Her face was twisted in a familiar snarl.
She screamed that Megan was an ungrateful little brat.
She yelled about the canceled utility bill and the insurance.
She did not even look at Craig.
She did not see the man she had systematically robbed for a decade.
She only saw Megan.
She saw the broken appliance that had dared to unplug itself.
Megan calmly confirmed that she had canceled everything.
Brenda demanded she turn it back on right now.
She ordered Megan to transfer the rent money she owed for the month.
She threatened to call the police and claim Megan stole her jewelry.
It was such a tired, predictable threat.
It was the kind of thing that used to make Megan panic instantly.
Now, it just sounded pathetic.
Craig stepped forward.
His voice was deep and resonated from his chest.
He told Brenda she was not calling anyone.
Brenda stopped dead in her tracks.
She finally looked at him.
For a split second, Megan saw a flicker of genuine fear in her mother’s eyes.
Brenda spat out his name and told him to stay out of it.
She claimed this was between her and her daughter.
Megan shook her head.
She corrected her mother.
She said it was between Brenda, Megan, and the forensic accountant they had just hired.
Megan reached into her bag.
She pulled out the thick manila envelope Mr.
Henderson had given her.
She informed Brenda she was trespassing.
She stated she was about to be served.
Brenda stared at the envelope in Megan’s hand.
For a long moment, the silence was absolute.
It was broken only by the wind rustling the tall pine trees.
Dan shifted his weight nervously.
He looked from Megan to Craig.
His earlier arrogance was rapidly replaced by a dawning realization that he was in way over his head.
Brenda demanded to know what it was.
Her voice wavered slightly.
She did not reach for the envelope.
Megan stepped closer.
She explained it was a comprehensive lawsuit.
She listed the charges of fraud, embezzlement, and conversion of funds.
She told Brenda they knew about the checks and the post office box.
She stated they knew she had been stealing from Craig for ten years.
Brenda let out a high, brittle laugh.
She claimed she was just managing their finances.
She argued she was protecting the girls from a man who had abandoned them.
Craig roared that he never abandoned anyone.
He yelled that she had blocked him and returned his letters.
He stated she stole two hundred thousand dollars meant for their future.
Brenda’s face contorted with rage.
She screamed it was her money.
She claimed she raised them and did all the work while he just wrote checks.
She yelled that she deserved every single penny for putting up with him.
She trailed off.
She realized she had just confessed loudly in front of witnesses.
Dan took a large step back.
He stammered, asking about the condo.
He pointed out she had told him she invested well and the condo was fully paid off.
Brenda snapped that it was paid off with her money.
Megan corrected her again.
She said it was paid off with her money, Craig’s money, and Heather’s tuition money.
Brenda turned her furious glare back to Megan.
She called her ungrateful and claimed she gave her a home in luxury.
Megan replied she let her pay for a luxury she never wanted.
Megan stated Brenda was going to pay them back.
Megan thrust the heavy envelope directly into Brenda’s chest.
Brenda had to grab it or let it fall into the dirt.
She grabbed it reflexively.
Megan told her to read it or ignore it.
She warned Brenda she had thirty days to respond before they moved for a default judgment.
Megan casually added that they had already filed for a complete freeze on her assets.
Brenda whispered that they could not do that.
She panicked about her bills and her country club membership.
Megan coldly suggested she cancel them, just like she canceled the Netflix.
Brenda switched tactics instantly.
Her eyes filled with well-practiced tears.
She pleaded with Megan.
She claimed she was her mother and they were family.
She sobbed that Megan could not destroy her.
Megan kept her voice perfectly steady.
She stated that family protects you.
She reminded Brenda that family does not throw wine glasses at your face.
Brenda whimpered that it was an accident and she was stressed.
A new voice cut through the tension.
It stated it was assault.
They all turned toward the farmhouse.
Heather was standing on the wooden porch.
She looked pale, but her eyes were completely dry.
She walked down the steps and stood firmly next to Megan.
Brenda’s voice cracked as she called out to her golden child.
She begged Heather to tell them she was a good mother.
Heather looked at her coldly.
She said she saw the text messages.
She stated she saw Brenda laughing about kicking Megan out.
She revealed she saw the message telling Dan she was glad the cash cow was finally empty.
Brenda flinched as if she had been physically struck.
She stammered that it was just a joke.
Heather replied it was not funny.
She reached out and took Megan’s hand.
Heather stated they were both entirely done with her.
Brenda looked at the three of them.
Craig was solid and angry.
Megan was cold and resolved.
Heather, her golden child, was finally seeing the tarnish.
Brenda was completely isolated.
The false narrative she had controlled for a decade had shattered into pieces.
She looked back at Dan for support.
He was already walking quickly back to the car.
He muttered he was not getting involved in a massive fraud case.
He stated he was out.
Brenda shrieked his name and begged him to wait.
He did not wait.
He got in the passenger seat and slammed the door hard.
Brenda stood there for a moment longer.
She clutched the devastating lawsuit to her chest.
She looked incredibly small and mean.
She hissed that Megan would regret this.
She claimed Megan would come crawling back when she realized nobody else would ever love her like she did.
Megan replied she sincerely hoped not, because Brenda’s love cost far too much.
Brenda turned and marched back to the car.
Her expensive heels sank deep into the farm dirt.
She drove away rapidly without looking back.
She left a cloud of dust that settled slowly over the quiet fields.
Megan watched her go.
She waited for the familiar guilt or panic.
She waited for the old urge to fix everything.
There was nothing.
There was just the quiet hum of the farm and the solid warmth of her sister’s hand holding hers.
The fallout was swift and legally brutal.
With her assets frozen and the lawsuit moving aggressively forward, Brenda could not keep up the charade.
She desperately tried to counter-sue.
She claimed the money was a generous gift.
The preserved text messages and forged checks easily told a different story.
Her expensive lawyer dropped her within a week when the retainers bounced.
To avoid a criminal trial that would have definitely put her in state prison, she quickly agreed to a massive settlement.
She had to sell the condo.
It was the pristine gated fortress she loved far more than her own children.
She used the funds to pay restitution.
She ended up renting a small one-bedroom apartment on the dusty edge of town.
Dan, true to his opportunistic form, never called her again.
The home gym he wanted so badly never got built.
Megan did not visit her.
Heather did not visit her.
They heard through a distant cousin that Brenda spends her days telling anyone who will listen that her ungrateful daughters abandoned her.
She claims she gave them absolutely everything.
She is still the tragic victim in her own fabricated story.
But that is her story, not Megan’s.
Megan’s story is at the nursery.
She used her extensive supply chain experience to help Craig modernize his entire inventory system.
They started selling direct-to-consumer online, and the family business is booming.
For the first time in his life, Craig is not just surviving.
He is truly thriving.
Heather transferred to a local college nearby.
She lives in the farmhouse with Craig.
They have dinner together every Sunday.
They are real dinners, with loud laughter and slightly burnt garlic bread.
There are absolutely no wine glasses being thrown.
As for Megan, she bought a small fixer-upper down the road.
It is not fancy.
The wooden floors creak loudly, and the paint is peeling in the kitchen.
But the deed is in her name.
The locks are hers alone.
When she walks through the door at night, nobody tells her to get out.
Yesterday, she planted a young oak tree in her front yard.
Craig helped her dig the deep hole.
He wiped sweat from his forehead and noted that trees need good soil to put down strong roots.
He said if the ground is toxic, they just wither and die.
Megan agreed.
She told him she was finally changing the soil.
She patted the dark dirt gently around the sapling.
It was small now, but it would grow.
It would take time, patience, and care.
One day, it would be strong enough to weather any storm.
Just like her.
THE END
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