Jack had been chosen for me through an old family promise, one agreed upon by Rita and Lenard Hudson, Raylan’s father and mother.
Back when Rita was still alive. After she died, Lenard had tried to fulfill the arrangement.
Jack, however, wanted nothing to do with me.
He’d told me to my face I was ugly and unworthy.
Every compliment he had was for Paige. Every gesture, every smile, every ounce of affection was poured at her feet like she was a goddess and he was a worshiper.
And Paige…
Paige had never been in love with him. Not really. But she let him idolize her.
She fed on his attention to torment me.
She would summon me whenever he visited just to bask in his adoration while watching me from the corner of her eye, hungry for the hurt she expected to see.
My biggest act…my mos
