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“We only adopted you for the checks,” my mother said, shoving the waiver across my table. My father uncapped the pen. My sister smirked in the floral dress I’d once been stripped for touching. I kept my hands still, though my chest burned. Then I opened Grandma’s trust—and watched their faces collapse. They had no idea what came next.

“We only adopted you for the checks,” my mother said, shoving the waiver across my table. My father uncapped the pen. My sister smirked in the floral dress I’d once been stripped for touching. I kept my hands still, though my chest burned. Then I opened Grandma’s trust—and watched their faces collapse. They had no idea what came next.

by Geekrew Originals · Aug 2, 2026 · completed

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“My God, Arden, don’t make this uglier than it has to be.” Regina Prescott said it before I had even touched my water glass. We were seated at Vantaire, the most expensive restaurant in our small Virginia city, under chandeliers that made every wineglass sparkle like evidence. Regina had requested the round table near the floor-to-ceiling windows because…

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