I never told my sister I owned half the land in this town. When I returned from the army, my daughter was forced to sleep in the pigsty, humiliated, and told, “You’re a useless burden.” In front of me, she even sneered, “A poor, washed-up soldier has no right to speak up.” I silently signed the legal papers, reclaiming the entire house she was living in. A week later, I took my daughter and left, leaving her standing there crying in front of a house that was no longer hers.
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