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"I meant an abortion, and you knew it"

City’s breath exploded, and I realized she’d just caught on I reached back for her fingers, but I couldn’t find her hand

"Well, I decided ht You et your hands on soe money"

Mercy stepped in closer to him this tiodda child I deserve so you have"

With a et shit My father will see to it He doesn’t take kindly to gold-digging whores"

"You helped o around spreading your legs so er into his chest, but he batted it away

"Get your dirty hands off ritted her teeth "You certainly weren’t saying that when I had thelared back "In case you didn’t catch the s-attached fuck, and you wanted to strike it rich through your pussy I guess neither of us got anted So I no longer require your services"

As he turned and strolled aith a cocky saunter that I wanted to kick out from under him, my sister called after him, "You were a sucky lay, anyway, you asshole Your friend Fred was ten tinored her, she stoe What the fuck aodda shit"

"Notanything to do with a kid Drown it in a fucking river for all I care"

City gasped I didn’t realize I’d stepped fro toward her asshole brother until she grabbed my shirt and frantically pulledReality set in--the fear of us getting caught and ain--and finally, I dashed back with her

Once ere hidden fro as dazed as she looked Then I grasped her hand and dragged her deeper into the dark street,I’d learned, with all the hate I felt even deeper for the Bainbridge fah away that I felt safe to talk, I paused to wipe ed herself, rubbing her hands up and down her araped at her, unable to believe my ears "My sister?" I hissed "I think it was your brother who suggested drowning Bentley in a river"

"But she adht to his face that she was only ever interested in his et money out of hi her"

"Well, she should’ve known that about him"

"Oh?" I lifted my eyebrows, unable to believe my ears "So it was coht’ve actually liked her for her? It had to be about just nothing but sex, huh?"

"That’s not what I--"

"Is that what I should know about you, too? I should stop thinking you ht actually liketrashy Parker? You’re what, just experiet yourself a real boyfriend, soh to crawl between your sacred Bainbridge legs?"

With a gasp, City visibly flinched and jerked away from me

I opened ue Regret ran like acid through rab the words from the air and shove them back in my mouth, deep into my throat so she’d never heard such a vile, crude accusation, so they’d never existed, so I wouldn’t have even thought the cold with fear, not sure how to even begin to apologize

She shook her head before I could formulate a response "That’s not what I meant" Her voice treing it to , too "I wasn’t trying to say Mercy shouldn’t have assuht really like her But she should’ve also knoell, he’s a teenage boy Everyone knows the only thing they want is sex"