Abigail wondered if this was all worth it, if this life was worth all of the difficulties that came with it. She felt entirely out of place here, where everyone else seemed to fit so seamlessly into this world, and this house.
Even Lyall, who wasn't even family, seemed to be able to deal with the staff in his own personal way. And even though Charlotte didn't seem to like him, at least she wasn't openly hostile to him.
Her stepmother would see her thrown out of this house, if she could. And Abigail had done absolutely nothing to her. She knew she had been born before Charlotte and her dad had even gotten together. Olivia two years younger than her. And it wasn't like her father had signed all their wealth over to Abigail, just given her a fraction of what Olivia had been given.
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