True Heiress vs. Fake Queen Bee novel · Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter 13: Firstborn
The applause hit the back of the lawn.
Six hundred people clapped for my father and his daughter.
Trudy didn't.
The four Lake Road girls didn't.
Down in the white boat, Brodie sat with his oar across his knees and didn't move a finger.
"Liv," Trudy said. "Breathe."
"I'm breathing."
"You're not. Your lips are going grey. I'm a nurse."
"You're a sophomore."
"I'm a nurse in my heart."
On the stage, my father kissed the top of Brielle's head for the cameras.
Then the drumline started, and the crowd broke up toward the food tents.
I pulled the orange flag out of the grass and handed it to Trudy.
"Where are you going?"
"To ask him a question."
"She's up there. The order."
"He's not going to stay up there."
He never did.
At every opening, he made the speech, shook twelve hands, and went inside to sign the guest book alone.
I knew that the way I knew the clasp.
I went around the back of the boathouse, along the water, through wet grass up to my ankles.
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