My Best Friend Married My Father——Then On My Birthday, She Gave Me a Black Box and Told Me to Open It Alone

said, grabbing my keys off the counter. “I want you out of this house.”

“Honey, this is my house,” my father said, his voice cold and unfamiliar.

“Then I want me out of this house.”

I turned to leave, but Lydia blocked my path. “Please don’t leave like this. There are things I can’t say yet, but I need you to trust me.”

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