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As my grandfather walked in after I gave birth, his first words were, “My dear, wasn’t the 250,000 I sent you every month enough?” My heart stopped. “Grandpa… what money?” I whispered. At that exact moment, my husband and mother-in-law burst in with arms full of luxury bags—and froze. Their faces drained of color. That’s when I realized something was terribly wrong…

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He glanced at Edward, at the window, at the baby in my arms, but he would not meet my eyes.

“Claire,” he said, forcing his voice lower as if that would make him sound reasonable, “things were complicated. We had expenses. We had to think strategically.”

“Strategically?” I repeated, almost choking on the word.

A bitter laugh escaped me before I could continue reading …

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