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Melanie's eyes fell on Joanne, and for a moment the girl thought that her whole world had stopped. She felt all tinkly.
It was probably the first time that they had ever met eyes. It had always been Joanne watching her from behind walls and from the shadows.
Of course her mother would not be able to run to her and hug her. But at least there would be that love in her eyes that she had always imagined, right?
Right?
Wrong.
Melanie Blake did not recognize her, and gave her a polite smile before turning to her friend for conversation.
And Joanne felt a new kind of anger, and abandonment, and betrayal.
Stella felt extremely overwhelmed, so overwhelmed that she thought she was going to lose her balance and nose-dive into one of the snacks bowls.
Rubi
