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"Kahit kailan napaka walang kuwenta mong anak, Cressida!"
Cressida Zora Clemente never truly felt like she belonged. Born from a secret-her real mother was her father's mistress-Cressida was adopted into the Clemente family by her stepmother, but never accepted. Her father couldn't face his mistake, and that mistake was Cressida.
She didn't expect life to be easy, but she also didn't think it would hurt this much. Over and over again, she faced the same pain, the same rejection. Sometimes, she asked herself, "Why me? Why do I have to carry all their anger?" There were days she wished her real mom was still around. She would've chosen a simple life with her, even if it meant being poor-as long as it came with love.
The one thing she regrets the most is believing that love would heal her. Instead, it broke her even more. Was fate really this cruel? She hoped that someday, someone would come into her life and pull her out of the darkness. Someone who could stop her from drowning in her thoughts, from harming herself just to make the pain go away.
All Cressida wants now is peace. She hopes this is the last heartbreak she'll ever feel. She dreams of a day where she can finally feel what it's like to be loved by a parent-for real. Life isn't easy, and nothing ever goes the way she hopes, but if there's one wish she holds onto, it's this: to be truly, deeply loved.
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