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Maddie looked away as she spoke "Yes, like hter"

"I used to feel that way too, Maddie"

"So because you no longer love Maddie, you want me to dismiss her?" Her father retorted

"The only way I could feel close to her now is if she were my mother" Hayley heard a sob escape from Maddie's throat "Is that your secret, Maddie-that I ahtened

"Hayley, quiet!" Her father was angry

Maddie took a few steps and collapsed into Cedric's arms

Hayley rushed to her "Maddie, are you okay? I did not mean to---"

"Go to your roo at her roo in her diary When the words would not come, she rose from the desk she blew out the flame of a candle She laid down on her bed and pulled the covers up around her She was too tired to change into bedclothes, and much too depressed to think any further

As she stared into the glow surrounding the logs in the fireplace, tears began to roll down her cheeks She hoped for a sweet drea the footsteps approach the door, Hayley knew she had slept lightly through the night Without waiting for a knock at the door, she sat up in bed and smoothed her hair as the door opened

"It's me Hayley,at Maddie that she had very little sleep