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Spencer uneasy—she always worried that the awkwardness was some fault of hers—so she started to<br />

babble<br />

about her accomplishments. She’d scored a total of twelve goals this hockey seas<strong>on</strong>. She’d gotten the<br />

lead<br />

role in every school play since seventh grade. “And I have A’s in almost all my classes,” she boasted, and<br />

then realized her mistake. She winced and braced herself, certain of what was coming.<br />

Olivia grinned. “That’s fantastic, Spencer! I’m so impressed.”<br />

Spencer cautiously opened <strong>on</strong>e eye. She’d expected Olivia to react the same way her mom would.<br />

“Almost<br />

all your classes?” she could practically hear Mrs. Hastings sneer. “Which class do you not have an A in?<br />

And<br />

why are they just A’s? Why aren’t they A-pluses?” And then Spencer would feel like shit for the rest of<br />

the<br />

day.<br />

But Olivia wasn’t doing that. Who knew, if Olivia had kept Spencer, maybe she would’ve turned out<br />

differently.<br />

Maybe she wouldn’t be so OCD about her grades or feel so inferior around other people, always<br />

desperate<br />

to prove that she was good enough, worthy enough, lovable enough. She would’ve never met Ali. Ali’s<br />

murder would simply be another story in the newspaper.<br />

“Why did you give me up?” Spencer blurted out.<br />

Olivia stopped at the crosswalk, staring c<strong>on</strong>templatively at the tall buildings across the street. “We ll…I<br />

was<br />

eighteen when I had you. Far too young to have a baby—I’d just started college. I ag<strong>on</strong>ized about my<br />

decisi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

When I found out that a wealthy family in suburban Philadelphia was adopting you, I felt like that was<br />

the right choice. But I’ve always w<strong>on</strong>dered about you.”<br />

The light changed. Spencer skirted around a woman walking a pug dressed in a white cable -knit sweater<br />

as

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