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“No, I don’t” I did know
“Itshe doesn’t It’s not fair, but life ain’t fair”
Another fact I couldn’t argue with Daddy said I was a arcoating a ball of dirt and rusty nails I understood the underlying complaint he had made, I did, especially as I’d always been his little princess Rosie-bug The apple of his eye
I was racy It wasn’t intentional It was even, at ti caras, and downy lips so full they took overelse about me was small and ripe—wrapped in a red satin boith a siren expression that seemed to have been permanently inked on my face, no matter how hard I tried to wipe it off
I attracted attention The best kind The worst kind Hell, every kind
There were going to be other boys, I tried to convince myself when Dean and Emilia’s lips touched andto be one Millie
Besides, my sister deserved it Deserved him I had Mama and Daddy’s attention, all day, every day I had plenty of friends at school, and ad up outside our door All eyes were on lance
It wasn’t uilty My older sister had become the product of bothbehind a canvas, obscured behind paint Quiet all the tih her weird, eccentric clothes
When I think about it, it was really for the best The first day I noticed Dean Cole in the hallway between trig and English period, I knew that he was h school crush If I had hierous concept I couldn’t afford toying with
See,faster I wasn’t born like the rest
I had an illness
Sometimes I conquered it
Sometimes it conquered me
Everyone’s favorite Rose ilting, but no floants to die in front of an audience
Besides, it was better that way, I decided when her lips were on his and his eyes were onI was desperate to run away from
And so I watched as uy who made my heart beat faster fall in love from my front-row seat
My petals falling one by one
Because even though I knew my story wouldn’t end with a happily ever after, I couldn’t help but wonder…could it have a happy ending, even if just momentarily?
The su prepared rand finale
All arrows pointed to calamity I couldn’t isolate what path would leadmy life, I braced ht to hell