Chapter 2

The Terrible Truth About Sharing

Lily's perfect world shatters when she learns Leo has to share toys and attention. This devastating blow challenges her possessive view of their 'romance,' leading to playground tears.

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My heart, which had been doing a very happy little jig all morning, suddenly felt like it had been stomped on by a giant, muddy boot. Leo. My Leo. He had to *share*? The very idea was so preposterous, so utterly wrong, that a little whimper escaped my lips. Mrs. Gable, bless her observant soul, was watching me from her bench, her kind eyes crinkling at the corners. But she didn't understand. No one understood the magnitude of this tragedy.

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