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"Enough!"
Corrado started toward the between the two brothers
"He doesn’t knohat he’s saying," Car up!"
"I said enough! Neither of you knohat you’re talking about! Are you boys so durasp the concept of cause and effect?"
Dominic scoffed "This isn’t just some unfortunate side effect"
"Yes, it is," Corrado said "It doesn’t matter what Carmine does--Haven will always have choices taken from her I’ve taken choices fros were deter anyone can do to change that You can’t rewrite history!"
The commotion drew Celia’s attention She slowly descended the stairs to the foyer, carrying her luggage Her eyes scanned the roos on the floor
"All of us are forced to sacrifice," Corrado continued, turning to Do at hio? One walks ahile the other has no say Or are you insinuating Carht to end the relationship? Isn’t that hypocritical, given your rant? The fact is, Car his own"
He turned to Car "And you need to grow a backbone You’ve been sitting here allon o back up those stairs or you walk out that front door, but there will be no o now, so be aor don’t, Carardless The only question that rerew quiet as everyone stared at Car her to Chicago Those people fucked up her life enough"
Dominic threw his hands up in exasperation as Corrado nodded "Then pull yourself together and meet me in the car in five minutes If you aren’t there, I will come back in here for you, and I assure you--you don’t want that to happen"
Corrado pulled his keys out of his pocket and headed for the door,for Celia to follow hi Do Carmine a look as she followed her husband outside
Carlanced at his father as he reached into his pocket for his keys He took the key for the house in Chicago off before holding the rest of theonna need one If she doesn’t want to keep it she can sell it or trade it in or fucking burn it, whatever she wants to do It doesn’tthe s on the floor, and turned for the front door He came face-to-face with his brother as he blocked his path "Don’t expect me to be there for you when you fall apart," Do you’ll ever hear from me is I told you so"
Haven peeled her eyes open and glanced at the clock, surprised to see it read noon A chill ran through her and her throat ached as she tried to clear it, an unco to the blanket for war her nude body as she looked around
No sign of Car out of bed, Haven took a hot shower before dressing in so worse and worse as ti and body sore Although she shivered, unable to get warh her bloodstrea on Car her naht hard to push back the night before hit her again Picking up the paper, her hands shook as she opened it, seeing it was a letter written in Carmine’s messy scrawl
Haven,
FDR said freedom couldn’t be bestowed, it had to be achieved I think I was in fifth grade when I heard about hi pissed because I didn’t see the point in learning history when it was over I was an ignorant little shit, but I guess that’s the point I took a lot for granted in life and didn’t appreciate the little things--things you missed out on It’s not okay what happened to you, and it’s only fro you that I understand that I wish more people could see it More people need to see you Maybe then the world wouldn’t be such a fucked-up place
I should’ve known telling you that you were free wouldn’t make you so Freedom has to be achieved, and that’s exactly what you have to do, tesoro You have to go out there and achieve that shit You have the world at your fingertips, a life waiting for you full of opportunities you can’t have if you stay with me And I know they’re dreams you want, dreams you’ve always had, and you shouldn’t sacrifice theh of your life because of selfish motherfuckers, and I’m not that selfishnot anymore You made sure of that
By the tione I can’t stay here It’s not fair to you, and I’d never forgiveyou a real life A life away from all of this bullshit, where you can just be Haven Go be you and not what people tried to o show thoseyou Show theirl down
And don’t you be fucking scared You’re ready for the world, Haven, and it’s been waiting eighteen years for you Don’t er
Car to the bedroo over her feet along the way Tears flowed fro briefly when she accidently kicked Car with the keypad, furiously pressing nuht, she opened the front door Cold air blasted her and stole the breath froainst frozen wood as she ran out onto the icy porch
The Mazda was still parked out front, the s covered in a thin layer of frost Last night’s snow had already started to melt, but a fehite patches reht of it h her
"Car "Where are you?"
"He left"
She swung around at the sound of the voice, her heart beating wildly Dr DeMarco stood in the doorway, sy froht of it No No way Nuh-uh
"You’re wrong," she said "He didn’t"
"He did"
"No!" she yelled "He’s still here!"
"He’s not"
"I have to change his mind!"