Chapter 2
As soon as I maile it back to my room, my spine paves out.
Cold meat soaked my back
Eight years of bending mer, planting mandrakes-
The damage was deep.
Sometimes I couldn’t even stand i
1d at the hospital.
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Back when it wasn’t this bad. Nathaniel used in care,
He always made time for my appointments, no matter how busy.
But that was before Babella became his avistant.
Now?
He couldn’t be bothered to come with me to see my parents.
He forgot my birthday.
The last ti
time my spine gave out and I collapsed?
He didn’t even call an ambulance.
Ten days ago, at our son’s birthday party-
I lost it when I save Isabella “accidentally” stomp on the rare mandrake I’d been raising for years.
I was still in shock when she best into tears.
“I didn’t mean to! I was just curious about the plaer?
Nathaniel?
He snapped.
Infroer of all the guests, he made me kneel on the thorns of the plant she’d crushed.
“Consider this lesson. Don’t make a scene over
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“You’re Mrs Morgan Act like ”
The thorns cut deep
But worse than that was the jolt through my aliyady–damaged spine.
Three hours later, he finally let me go.
By then, I couldn’t stand
The pain had me drenched in sweat, but I refused to shed a single tear.
With help. I made it to the hospital
The doctor told me if I’d waited any longer, I might’ve ended up paralyzed.
11:22
Torbed My Toric Then for a Hilomaire Curradel
The mandrake had been a symbol of mar love.
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