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Personal Narrative: If I Were In Grace's Adoption

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All your life you’ve known that what you do is different. Most people don’t lie, cheat and steal for a living. Most people don’t force relationships to get close to people with wealth for your own taking. This is how Grace Fontaine saw the world. She was adopted, and taken advantage of at thirteen, when her parents took her out of foster care. If I were in Grace’s position, I highly doubt I would be able to go through with the con. I would know I was betraying my only true friends, and I don’t think I could ever knowingly go through with that. Even if I knew it would probably end up with my parents getting in trouble/put in jail. They’re not real parents. Grace was adopted into this family for her parents’ benefits only. They just needed another
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