The night before my wedding, I left my favorite cardigan at my future mother-in-law Eleanor\u2019s condo. It wasn\u2019t just any sweater \u2014 my late mother had sewn two tiny flowers into the collar. One represented peace. The other protection. I couldn\u2019t leave it behind.<\/p>\n
I returned to the building and reached the twenty-second floor. The front door wasn\u2019t completely closed. I heard my name. Eleanor and her daughter Chloe were talking.
\nAt first, they laughed about how easy I was to impress. Then the conversation became much darker. They started discussing my condo \u2014 the home I had bought with years of hard work and my mother\u2019s small inheritance. Eleanor said Julian could convince me to add his name to the property after the wedding. She called my kindness a weakness. She even described my grief as something that could be used against me.
\nThen Chloe asked the question I never expected to hear. \u201cDoes Julian actually love her?\u201d Eleanor answered without hesitation. \u201cHe loves what Harper can do for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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