Burn Those Who Burned Me novel Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Graceland’s POV:

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I stared at myself for over ten minutes. Pinching myself, slapping myself, I even pulled my hair. I was brought back, back to the moment that changed my already crap life to an even crappier life. I had just turned 20 and my father was about to announce it was time for my sister Olivia and I to pick a suiter.

In my past life, I’d chosen Jonathan Brooks. The Rochester family and Brooks family were long time friends and business partners. Isaac Brooks, the patriarch of the family, insisted I marry Jonathan because I was the Rochester’s “biological” daughter. He liked Olivia, but he preferred for the Brooks to maintain a clean bloodline. To please my father, I accepted this request even though prior, I had been approach by the Christiansen family with a marital proposal.

I spent five years in a loveless marriage that ultimately led to my death. I could still smell the flames that burned my body. That morning, my husband came storming into our villa angry about yet another episode of “what did you do to my precious Olivia!” I was in the kitchen cooking when he stormed in.

“Graceland! Just what the hell were you trying to do! Kill Olivia!”

I looked at my husband confused, how had I tried to kill Olivia? All I did was brought her some chicken soup, at her request and his force. Puzzled, I asked my husband what he

meant.

“Don’t play stupid! You know Livie is allergic to cilantro, yet you chose to douse it in her

soup!”

What??????

I’d known for years of the many “allergies” Olivia claimed to have. I’d been punished enough throughout my adolescence for it to be burned into my brain. No way would I have put cilantro in her soup. I stared at my husband confused but also tried to defend myself.

“Jonathan, I swear, I didn’t put-”

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“Jonnie! Please! Don’t hurt Graceland! Maybe it was an accident! It’s my fault anyway! I shouldn’t have kept you with me last night just because my stomach hurt. It was your wedding anniversary after all.”

As if on cue, the infamous Olivia tears began to pour. I could see Jonathan’s face twist into a heartfelt expression. Hugging Olivia, he began to comfort her.

“No Livie! It’s not your fault! You didn’t feel well, besides it was just another stupid day! Your health was more important!”

‘Just another stupid day?‘ It was only our fifth wedding anniversary, why would THAT be important. But I was used to this. Anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, etc., something would always happen to Olivia that draw any attention off me and on to her. I was used to it by now. Olivia was their golden child.

“Graceland! We have fantastic news! Your real family has been found!‘

1. me. That my mother was not my real mother but in fact a woman that stole me from the hospital and then fled to Willington. The truth only came out because my DNA was in the

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system from when I was kidnapped, hoping to find some relatives, they ended up finding my biological family.

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