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Arabella

“You’rein with your uncle next week”

“What uncle?”

“Seriously, Arabella?” My rown a second head

“Seriously, Diana,” I snarked back So to parents a million times harder “You have a sister who is a lesbian, and Dad is an only child”

“Uncle Willem,” Dad said before Mom could snap back

“Willem isn’t my uncle”

“Close enough”

“A stepbrother froo, hardly counts Were you even in the sah to watch me?”

“For the love of God, Arabella,” my mom muttered

“He’s thirty-three So, old enough”

“When do you even talk to hieries while you live at the hospital?”

“Please stop arguing, Arabella,”you have to an uncle, and since Grandpa died, faet”

“Don’t I get a say in it?” I argued

Why bother asking my opinion when they didn’t want to hear it anyway They never had before whena decision for me

“What will you say, Arabella?” Mo adventures for teeks and start school in less than a month You sold your car to traipse around Europe for six ive you a ride if need be”

“You could always help me with another one Pay for half like you did the first, and I’d pay you back”

Both parents knew better and silently shook their heads,the idea

“He was nice enough to offer e told hi,” Dad said