Chapter 15

Gwen's POV

Returning home after the best week of my life feels like hell. On the bus, all I could think about was how much I didn't want to come back. No one came to pick me up, but Harper's parents offered to give me a ride. Many times, I have felt more at home in other places than in my own. That's because of the treatment I receive. I know that every day my grandmother believes that my classmates will fall in love with me, and I'll be able to take care of her and give her a more lavish life. She is a woman who thinks that once I have money, I will stay with her and give her everything she wants. But that's not true. When I have enough money, I will leave and never see her again. Then, I will be at peace and able to start living my life.

Being tied to a person is terrible. When I was younger, I wondered what I had done wrong for all of this to happen to me. I lost my parents and ended up staying with someone who doesn't love me. She took away all my inheritance and put