All the Feels (Spoiler Alert #2)

by Olivia Dade

The best thing the world offered an ugly little girl was indifference. Pity stung exactly as much as insults, if not more, so she tried to avoid either. She tried to avoid notice. Even as a child, she’d understood it was important to stay quiet. Unobtrusive. And above all, undemanding.

But they’d taught her that family peace was more important than her feelings. And since then, she’d spent decades giving away pieces of herself, because she didn’t matter. Not as much as everyone else.