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When I was a kid, my mom was swept out to sea trying to save me. Dad never forgave me for that. In his mind, I was the reason she died. After that, he and my brother, Ethan, made sure I paid for it. And as if that wasn't enough, Dad adopted a girl my age to replace me. I became the extra in my own house. I did everything for her—ran errands, cleaned up after her, stayed quiet when she needed someone to blame. On the night of our coming-of-age ceremony, Dad even planned to pass me off to some rich, spoiled heir like I was part of the party favors. And just when I was about to give up on everything, the mother who had been missing for ten years came back.