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The reality show's question was simple: Which family member would you exchange away? Four ballots. Four names. Every one was mine. My celebrity mother said I was too withdrawn. My father said my archaeology degree had no value to the family business. My sister complained that I ruined the mood. My brother called me dead weight. They took turns explaining why they wanted me gone while the cameras rolled. What they didn't know was that I had received a swap card too. A card that would let me leave completely. And once I left, everything I'd sacrificed to help the Blake family could leave with me. My father's success. My mother's youthful glow. My brother's intelligence. My sister's singing voice. The host turned toward me. "Miss Holloway, do you agree to be exchanged?" I smiled and held up the golden card. "Since this is what you all want..." I looked at my family's stunned faces. "Then I'll grant your wish." When my entire family signed up for a live family-exchange reality show, the producers asked each of us one simple question. Which family member would you choose to exchange? Four ballots appeared on the screen. Every one had my name on it. Wren Holloway. I was the biological daughter who had returned to the Blake family only three years earlier. Apparently, three years was enough for them to decide they wanted me gone. My celebrity mother, Celeste Montgomery, sighed toward the camera. "Wren is just too withdrawn. She's honestly not half as easygoing as Seraphina." My father, Harrison Blake, nodded. "She insisted on majoring in archaeology. I don't see how that helps the family business." My younger sister, Seraphina Blake, leaned against our mother. "Wren always looks unhappy. It's hard to enjoy a family meal when she brings down the whole mood." Then my brother, Dorian Blake, adjusted his glasses. "She's a burden. I've spent enough time trying to make room for her." One by one, they explained to the cameras why I didn't bel
