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~Eva’s POV
My mother stepped closer too. “Your father is right. Take what you deserve. Show that family who you are. Show Dylan who you are. You are not just a wife who was forgotten. You are not just the mother of his child. You are Eva. Do not let anyone write you as a side character in your own life.”
The words stung, but they also lit something warm inside me, like a match being struck in a dark room.
“I will,” I said, my voice steadier. “I will do everything in my power to get those shares. I will prove myself. I do not know how yet, but I will. I am tired of waiting. I am tired of begging for space in my own life. I will make my own space.”
My father nodded with approval, his expression softening a little. “That is my daughter.”
I watched my father’s anger settle into someth
