My MIL Said My Daughter Was Not Really Family and Tried to Get Rid of Her, but She Regretted It Very Quickly – Page 10

Brian stiffened. “She’s your granddaughter.”

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Evelyn didn’t reply. “You better get going.”

I knelt in front of Sophie. “We’ll be back soon. Just four days.”

Sophie clutched her bunny and nodded. “Okay.”

We drove away, and I kept looking back until she was gone from sight.

The trip was a blur of meetings and hotel rooms, but I wasn’t present for any of it.

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I sat through presentations and took notes I never read. I smiled when I had to. But my mind was always somewhere else. With Sophie.

Every morning, I called Evelyn. Every evening, I called again.

“Can I talk to Sophie?” I would ask.

“She’s in the bath”, “She’s tired”, “She’s already asleep.”

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