Shadowing Practice: Step Mom Made Dad Hate Me - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Hi, I'm Jasmine from California.
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Please like and subscribe.
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I was raised in an orphanage until I was 8 years old, and I never spoke a word.
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Hi there, sweetie.
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What's your name?
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Say something to the nice people, Jasmine.
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They want to get to know you.
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It wasn't that I couldn't speak.
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I was just shy.
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I didn't have many friends, at least not the type that stood on two feet.
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One day when I was 8, I saw my best friend furry stuck in a tree.
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I ran over to the firehouse across the road and banged on the door.
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What's wrong?
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I dragged the fireman to the tree, and he immediately rescued my cat.
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He was amazing!
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The next day, I decided to thank him by making him a special meal.
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Thank you.
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You like spaghetti?
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After that, the fireman came to visit me every week, and I felt so comfortable that I started to speak.
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In fact, I couldn't stop talking, and I hated it when we had to say goodbye.
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One day, the fireman came to visit with the biggest smile.
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Jasmine, how would you feel if I was your dad?
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And the next morning, I moved in with him.
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I had my own room, my own fireman's hat, and as much spaghetti as I wanted.
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We did everything together, and life was good.
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But in the seventh grade, Dad brought home some guests one day.
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A beautiful woman and her daughter, who was my age.
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This is Leslie and her daughter Tiffany.
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Leslie and I are getting married.
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I was happy at the news.
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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Of course it is.
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I'm lovely.
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Shh, but it's not a pleasure to meet you.
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It's worse than that day I ate a whole jar of chilies and pooped fire out of my butt, and also I had to get a tooth extraction and my appendix removed on the same day.
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And I hate you already.
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Soon, Leslie and Dad were married, and we moved into a bigger house.
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It was beautiful on the outside, but the inside needed work.
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It's a disaster.
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We're not living here.
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Come on, babe.
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It just needs a little love.
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Over the next few months, Dad and I fixed up the house.
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By the time we were done, it was perfect.
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But nothing made those two happy.
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What do you think?
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Like we're too poor to get a professional interior decorator.
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We're going to the cat massage place.
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Yeah, the cats there give the best head massages.
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It feels so good when they pull on your hair.
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Really?
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Because I can do that for free.
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Tiffany glared at me and the two left.
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Dad, I don't get it.
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Leslie is so materialistic and shallow.
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And Tiffany is even worse.
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You can do so much better.
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Honey, no one's perfect.
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Leslie and Tiffany just like nice things.
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What's really important is family.
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Promise me you'll give them a chance.
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I'll try.
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So I did.
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Things were better for a few months.
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But then I started to notice Leslie and Tiffany acting strange.
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One night, I caught Leslie and Tiffany whispering to each other in the dark till they spotted me.
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Go to bed now, or you're grounded for a month.
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And you won't be allowed to take a shower or wax your mustache for three months.
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The next day, Leslie said she wanted to cook dinner for a change.
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And hours later, Dad had food poisoning.
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He was released from the hospital the next day, but he was still really weak.
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Instead of taking care of him, Leslie and Tiffany went out on a shopping spree.
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I think Leslie tried to poison you.
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Poison me?
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That's ridiculous.
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I don't think so.
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Those two are hiding something.
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I just know it.
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Jasmine, Leslie's been trying to connect with you for months, but you're always giving her a hard time.
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You have to accept them as family and stop making up these crazy stories.
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A few weeks later, while Dad was out of town, I woke up at night to get some water, but I heard voices coming from the backyard.
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I looked out the window and saw Leslie and the strange man arguing.
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Before I could get closer, Tiffany jumped in the way.
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You should mind your own business.
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Who is that man?
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What man?
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The man you were talking to in the backyard.
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Oh, Jasmine, you have such an active imagination.
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I wasn't talking to anyone.
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Isn't that right, Tiffany?
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Yes, Mommy.
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Too active of an imagination compared to her small -shaped head.
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Why is it so small?
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Did you crack it open like an egg and the doctors forgot to put some pieces back in?
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You know, back in the orphanage since you were neglected?
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I went to my room and tried to call Dad, but my calls went straight to voicemail.
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In fact, he didn't answer his call for days.
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and it looked like he was missing.
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We contacted the police to find out where he could have gone, but he'd vanished without a trace.
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I felt miserable, but Leslie and Tiffany seemed to go on like it didn't matter one bit.
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Sometimes, I couldn't help thinking if they had something to do with Dad's disappearance.
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Two months passed, and one day, Dad's lawyer showed up to talk to me.
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Your dad told me that in the case of something ever happening to him, I can tell you about his will.
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What will?
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Your husband left a million dollars in a trust for Jasmine, half to be released to Jasmine when she turns 18,
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and the other half to her legal guardian to take care of her.
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What about me and my daughter Tiffany?
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Yeah, what do we get?
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I mean, that man had the longest ear hair, and my eyes hurt seeing that, so yeah, I deserve something.
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The last time your husband updated his will was when he adopted Jasmine.
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Here's a check for $500 ,000 to cover Jasmine's expenses.
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Leslie and Tiffany went ballistic.
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They ripped all of my dad's pictures off the wall.
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Stop!
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Don't!
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Tiffany shoved me out of the way as she and Leslie ran around the house destroying everything that reminded them of dad.
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I grabbed my dad's guitar from his bedroom and hid it under my bed.
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The next day, Leslie cashed the check.
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She sold the house and we moved to another city.
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Leslie made the down payment for a fancy house and car and got new clothes for herself and Tiffany.
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But the two made me live in the dusty old attic.
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A few weeks later, Tiffany and I started high school.
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The moment I stepped on campus, all the kids laughed at me.
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Leslie had sold all my clothes and gave me only $20 to replace my wardrobe at the second -hand store.
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Hey, freak.
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Who are you calling a freak, dummy?
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Where'd you get your clothes? a dumpster.
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My mom took her off the street.
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It took my mom three months to get rid of the lice in her head.
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Our house kept smelling like gas.
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Because gas is the most effective way to get rid of lice.
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And it took three months.
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You get what I mean.
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After a few weeks, I learned to ignore them and focus on my schoolwork.
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School helped me get my mind off of how much I miss dad.
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Then one day, a new boy arrived at school.
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He was gorgeous, and all the girls, including Tiffany, couldn't stop staring at him.
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He sat next to me in science class, and when the teacher told us to choose a partner for a project, he turned to me.
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Hey, I'm Kyle.
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You want to be my partner?
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You any good at science?
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I'm gonna need more than a pretty face.
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You're funny.
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Kyle and I started meeting in the library after school.
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He was a science nerd just like me.
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He loved music and was super funny.
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We class he walked me to my locker.
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Jasmine, I really like hanging out with you.
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I was wondering if you wanted to… Before he could finish, Tiffany appeared out of nowhere.
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Hi, Kyle.
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How's it going?
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I was thinking the two of us could go to the movies this weekend.
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Actually, I was gonna ask Jasmine.
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It's so sweet you've been spending time with Jasmine.
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Did she tell you about her boyfriend?
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He's blind and Jasmine is really taking care of him.
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I mean, two needy people in a relationship?
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It makes perfect sense.
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Don't you agree?
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Boyfriend, what are you...
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It's pretty serious.
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They've been hot and heavy for five dark years.
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You know, because he's blind.
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That night, Tiffany barged into my room.
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Don't even think about messing things up with me and MHK.
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MHK?
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My hot Kyle?
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Why are you so stupid?
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You and Kyle?
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You're not even his type.
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You're a liar and...
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Say one word to him and I'll destroy your dad's stupid guitar.
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From then on, I strapped the guitar to my back and carried it with me everywhere, even in the bathroom.
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You're a weirdo.
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A couple nights later, I watched from the window as Kyle picked Tiffany up for their date.
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He glanced up at me and I quickly closed the blinds.
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Kyle still sat next to me in science class.
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He tried to joke with me, but I ignored him.
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Hey Jasmine, you want to study later?
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That's not a good idea.
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Why not?
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Please, just leave me alone.
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I don't understand.
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What did I do?
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I closed my locker and walked away.
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Kyle didn't sit next to me or try to talk to me anymore.
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He and Tiffany seemed to be getting really close, so it was better that I stayed away.
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A few weeks later, I was walking to class when I heard a huge commotion in the hallway.
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It's our two -month anniversary, and you get me this?
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What's wrong?
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Please, calm down.
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Everybody's staring at us.
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I told you, I wanted a diamond necklace.
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I thought you were joking.
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I can't afford a diamond necklace.
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Wait, are you suggesting you're poor?
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Why did you look rich to me?
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You shallow people pretending to be someone you're not.
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I'm dumping your poor butt.
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A few weeks later, Tiffany found a new rich boyfriend named Matthew, and she was smitten.
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She even invited him over for dinner one night, and all he did was brag about all the expensive things he owned.
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Leslie and Tiffany couldn't get enough.
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One day, I stayed late after school to study in the library.
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As I was walking down the hall, I heard someone playing guitar.
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It was the song my dad used to play when I was a kid.
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I darted toward the sound.
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From the window, I saw a man.
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He was tall with short hair like dad, but I couldn't see his face.
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You almost scared me to death.
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Sorry, I thought you were someone else.
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I didn't know you played guitar.
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You'd know if you ever talked to me.
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I'm sorry, I shouldn't have blown you off.
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I understand.
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Tiffany never liked the fact that I was friends with you first.
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So, are you any good or do you just carry that thing around as a fashion statement?
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I pulled the guitar off my back and started to play.
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Kyle and I played together, and it was magical.
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A few days later, we entered a local talent show.
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We won first prize and took home $1 ,000.
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Soon, Kyle and I started playing a weekly gig at a popular venue in town.
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People came from all over to see us.
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We became popular in school, and we were making good money.
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I stashed it all away under a loose floorboard in my room.
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One day during lunch, Kyle and I were in the cafeteria when Tiffany came up to us.
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Hey, rock star, how about we hang out this weekend no thanks jasmine
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and i are busy with practice oh my kyle you're
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so ignorant jasmine would die to please me she won't mind
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actually i do we have to work on a new song
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also why would he want to hang out with you fine whatever later
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that night tiffany barged into my room you stole my boyfriend
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what boyfriend kyle why are you acting like you have memory loss you broke up with Kyle, and we aren't dating.
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You won't get away with this.
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You took something from me, and now I will too.
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Then Tiffany grabbed my father's guitar and smashed it to pieces.
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Now we're even.
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I charged towards Tiffany, and we got into the biggest fight ever.
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What's going on here?
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She attacked me, Mom.
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She's crazy.
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I'm scared, Mommy.
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Hug me.
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She broke my guitar.
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She stole my boyfriend, and now she's trying to kill me.
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Let's get a restraining order against her mommy.
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Jasmine, you've always been jealous of Tiffany and now you've gone too far.
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No more cell phones, no more music, no more anything.
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I couldn't stay in that house another minute.
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So I climbed out the window and ran away and I ended up on Kyle's doorstep.
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He and his mom were really sympathetic and gave me a room to stay in.
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But the next morning, when I went home to get my things, the doors were locked and all the furniture was gone, there was no sign of Tiffany and Leslie anywhere.
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Kyle and I went to talk to the lawyer about my trust fund, but the lawyer's office was boarded up.
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I asked one of his neighbors where I could find him.
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He closed his law firm yesterday and moved away.
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He didn't leave a forwarding address.
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I was devastated.
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I had no money and nowhere to go.
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You can stay with me for as long as you need.
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I reported Tiffany and Leslie to the police, and a few weeks later they got back to me.
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This woman who calls herself Leslie, she's a con artist.
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She's gone from state to state conning single men out of their fortunes.
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You and your father were her latest victims.
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And this girl Tiffany is her niece.
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What about the money she stole?
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Can I get it back?
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I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do.
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I went back to Kyle's house, but I was too depressed to get out of bed.
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Then one day, I opened my door and found a new guitar resting outside the door.
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Then, Kyle and I wrote a song.
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We posted it online, and it went viral.
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Five years later, we were world famous.
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We spent all our time together writing songs, performing on tour, and falling in love.
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The next summer, we were married and moved to a house on the beach.
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But a few months later, Tiffany showed up on our doorstep in tears.
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What are you doing here?
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Leslie and her boyfriend skipped town after conning someone and left me behind.
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They even took my savings.
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Leslie's my aunt who raised me since I was a kid
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and I had no choice but to help her steal money from people.
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I'm so sorry for what I did to you and your father.
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I wanted to turn Tiffany away, but she had nowhere to go.
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I remembered my father's kind spirit, so I helped her to get back on her feet.
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Tiffany worked with the police to track down Leslie and her boyfriend and they were eventually successful.
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Leslie landed behind bars for years.
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Some months later on my birthday, Kyle and Tiffany came home with the biggest smiles.
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We have a surprise for you.
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Tiffany and I discovered a lead on your father a while ago.
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It was a long shot, so we didn't tell you before, but we found something.
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What did you find?
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Kyle opened the door.
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Dad?
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Yes, honey, it's me.
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I've missed you so much.
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Oh God, me too.
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Where were you all this time?
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I was on a road trip and I was in an accident.
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I woke up with no memory, only this.
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I drew this picture every night, but I never knew who I was drawing or if she was even real.
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I tried to start a new life, but I knew there was something missing.
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I had a hole in my heart, but then Kyle and Tiffany found me.
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They showed me videos of you performing our song, and then all my memories came flooding back.
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I'm sorry I wasn't there for you all these years.
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Dad hugged me tight.
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It was a dream come true.
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