Her short animated videos online.

Her university graduation project.

Her drawings of The Grand Canal, Venice and Zimmerman Mansion, along with the awards and various works she'd received in college.

It wasn't until Timothy saw all this on his phone that he realized she had been telling the truth.

She was perfectly capable of making a living-of supporting herself without anyone's help.

Yet he had always seen her as delicate and helpless, assuming she couldn't survive without him, like a fragile flower dependent on a vine.

But with her own talent, she had quietly broken through, rising to the top of the animation world.

And what had he done? He hadn't helped her career in the slightest.

He'd even stood in her way when she wanted to work, all for the sake of Sheila's future.

He truly had no excuse.

Mr. Smith sent Jessica a congratulatory email.

"You're incredible, Jess. You're my idol! My new movie is going to shine because of you."

"Mr. Smith, don't go overboard. I didn't even do that film. By the way, I still have a few finishing touches left on that character; I'll have them done soon. You're not in a rush, are you?"

rush at all. We still have time before the production deadline. Take

the next few days, I think. By the

I book you for my next project? I'll take

get back to you in a

she didn't find a matching donor, she wouldn't have

hadn't worsened for now, and she was

if the liver cells started to spread, things

didn't want to give

three days, Vince had been running

hadn't brought up the

Her parents were

them, and watching her mother worry herself sick, she couldn't bring herself to

for Herbert, she planned to tell him after the divorce

keep accepting his

her call with Mr. Smith, Carlisle got in touch to invite her to the celebration party for their film breaking the billion-dollar

her strength slipping away. The pain was coming more

make it to the party. But my brother has prepared a special gift for everyone, and I'll have someone deliver it tonight. I'm so happy the film did so well. I hope you att go on

something profound: helping

months ago, when

with cancer and given only six months to live, she thought she'@never live up to her mentor's or grandmother's

this film would allow her to

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