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The girl behind him must be the infamous sister The one Jaa

Jas stretched out in front of him His sister sat beside hilancing at the door

Because of the way they split us up, there was a chance we’d end up with Wayne or someone else to "facilitate" today, and I hoped we did Brooke was ditzy but relentless

"Hi, everyone!" Brooke waltzed in

Alas, no luck

"Horizons students--what a wonderfulhere Let’s all go around in a circle and introduce ourselves--sound good? Because we’re all fa Brooke the side-eye I loved him so much

She pointed at Jamie first "Why don’t you start us off?"

"Hi, I’ her enthusias it

His sister--if that’s indeed who she was--sucked in her lips in what I assuht with you today, Jairl answered and lifted her hand in a wave "Stephanie Roth I’m Jamie’s very lucky sister"

"Hi, Stephanie," we all said

And so it went until we all introduced ourselves and our people Brooke had us each read fros ished our present family members knew about us but didn’t Mine was pretty an to read his Apparently, our fae with creating an identical list

"I wish Mara knew that I’m jealous of her"

I whipped around to face hier "No interruptions, Mara"

My brother cleared his throat "I wish she knew that I think she’s the most hilarious person on Earth And that whenever she’s not ho htened Do not cry Do not cry

"I wish she knew that she’s really Mom’s favorite--"

I shook my head here

"--the princess she alanted That Mom used to dress her up like a little doll and parade her around like Mara was her greatest achievement I wish Mara knew that I never minded, because she’s my favorite too"

A chin quiver Damn

"I wish she knew that I’ve always had acquaintances instead of friends because I’ve spent every second I’ piano I wish she knew that she is literally as s his eyes to et the sarades if she weren’t so lazy"

I slouched in my seat, and may or may not have crossed my arms over my chest defensively

"I wish she knew that I am really proud of her, and that I alill be, no matter what"

"Tissues?" Brooke handed me a box

Nooooooo I furiously blinked back the tears that blurred my vision and shook my head "I’m fine," I said hoarsely

Oh, yeah Just fine

"That onderful, Daniel," Brooke said "Why don’t we all clap for Mara and Daniel?"

Insert scattered applause here

"And we can take a short break to give us a sec to catch up with our feelings"

SO AWFUL I bolted for the bathroom I splashed some water on ainst the counter