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She opened the velvet case inside and held up my Silver Star for everyone to see. \u201cProbably bought it somewhere,\u201d she scoffed. \u201cThere\u2019s no way she earned this.\u201d I stepped forward, my voice steady as I told her it wasn\u2019t a prop\u2014that it meant something. That it mattered.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t care. Without a second thought, she dropped it straight into the fire. The ribbon caught first, curling into smoke, and then the silver star itself disappeared into the burning coals.<\/p>\n

For a heartbeat, no one moved. Then Eli ran forward, shouting the truth, reaching instinctively toward the grill\u2014and that\u2019s when she struck him. His small body hit the concrete hard, and the world narrowed to the sound of my own breathing as I rushed to him, checking his pulse, willing him to respond.<\/p>\n

Around us, the party dissolved into stunned silence, but Lisa just laughed\u2014confident, untouchable, certain she would face no consequences.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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