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perhaps we should continue this privately.”
I walked into the BBQ party soaked and covered in mud, and my fiancée’s father sneered at me, “You really look like trash.” I clenched my fists, ready to turn around and leave… when the mansion doors slowly opened.
Margaret didn’t even glance at her. “This family has handled too much privately. That is why it has become shallow publicly.”
A nervous laugh escaped someone near the grill. No one joined in.
Charles straightened his shoulders. “You’re embarrassing the family.”
