Chapter 85

• Tears welled up in her eyes. She had fought so hard to rise above her past to find her strength and forge her path. She wouldn't let the echoes of her pain diminish her newfound resilience.
• "Shut up. Stop lying!" She screamed. Her parent's voices faltered, momentarily silenced by her defiance. "You were the ones who failed me," she continued, her voice growing stronger. "I may have been given away, but I refuse to believe that I am worthless. I am capable of love and strength, and I will prove it."
• But the voices shifted again.