Iris looked at the paper announcing a new bookshop opening a few blocks away and felt a rush of excitement. "Yes, a new bookshop with new novels!" She eagerly walked into the bookshop and saw an array of her favorite novels. However, one book caught her eye - "The Dawn of Faith." "Wow, this looks good. I'm going to buy this," she thought. She made the purchase and headed home, excited to dive into her new read.
As she walked into her house, she was surprised to find her mother with her uncle. Her mind was racing with questions. Did her father know about this? Was she even his daughter? Despite her father's disdain for her, she never stopped loving him and looked up to him. She yelled at her mother, "How could you do that to dad? I can't believe dad gave you everything." It seemed that every day she discovered something that would leave a lasting physical or emotional scar. Today was no different. Her mother screamed, "What are you doing here, you…," yelling a string of explicit words before telling Iris to go to the basement (her room). She sighed and made her way to the basement.
She opened the novel and saw the main character, Aliso, along with side characters Liu and Nyx. "Aliso is a warm-hearted person with dark secrets. He lives a luxurious, amazing life, but he has a heart condition that is slowly killing him," she read, her heart sinking. She wasn't sad for Aliso since he had love and happiness, even though he didn't have handsome looks. She continued reading and learned that Nyx was the queen of sympathy whose heart beat for love and kindness but carried a darker side as well. However, it was Liu who she despised. He was dark, heartless, and filled with hatred, but he had everything he could ever want - luxury, happiness, and more. "I hate him. He doesn't deserve it all. Aliso does," she muttered, furious.
As Iris read on, she learned that Aliso had a dark secret that no one knew, just like his older sister. She wondered what it could be when her father suddenly screamed, "IRIS, COME DOWNSTAIRS NOW!" She rushed down to see her mother on the couch, bleeding from the head, and claiming that Iris hit her before leaving. Iris protested, "I didn't," but her father didn't hear a word and brutally beat her, breaking her arm, and causing her immense pain and tears. Her brother ran to her aid and took her to the hospital.
On their way back, they stopped at the same bookshop, and Iris found a different book, a special edition of "The Dawn of Faith." Her brother bought it for her, and she eagerly went to her room to read it. However, instead of the character bios, there were half-***** pictures of Liu, which infuriated her, and she threw the book in a little closet in her room. She went to bed with a dissatisfied face.
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