CHAPTER 55
RAYA
I continued to stare out the window when I felt my mother's eyes on me. I knew she did not believe me, and I was scared I would not be able to convince her.
"Soraya," she called out softly. "Are you sure that's all? If there's anything else, you shouldn't be scared to talk to me. Okay?"
I let her words sink in. But my heart was still very troubled. She'd barely just come into my life, and she might find it difficult to understand me. Would she judge me the same way I judged and hated myself? She would probably be disgusted by me. And then she would realize that I was no better than a cheat and a liar. I was not the golden child she thought I was. That thought alone made my eyes moisten all over again. I could not bear the thought of being such a disappointment.
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