Yet now, with Raven around, you’re suddenly acting different, and I’m supposed to believe it isn’t because of her? Is this how our child is going to grow up, with a father that disrespects their mother because their slut of a stepmom told him to?” I smile at her humorlessly. “You never fucking knew me at all, Hannah. You wonder why I fell for her so hard, so quickly? It’s because I never loved you in the first place. It never fully occurred to me before, but you were an obligation, someone I tolerated and placated because I thought I had no other choice. I never lost my patience with you
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