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She stopped right in front of her "Can I talk to you? Just you and me?"

"No crowd to cheer you on?"

Dani flinched "You and me? Please?"

Julia stood, and Dani led the way

Why was she doing this? She wasn’t sure, but it felt right They were center stage All eyes were on the to care less and less, and when she found a private corner between two horse trailers, she turned around

"When did we become enemies? Sometime in our childhood? When Moeting with her shirt "Why are you doing this?"

"I don’t know," Dani ad, but not knohat I’m supposed to hate Maybe because I’ht’ between us I don’t hate you, Julia You’rein the air She repeated them, "You’re my sister We share so much"

"Like what?" Julia snorted

"We both lost our ht how to love each other And we both loved the same man"

Julia looked away and turned her back Dani saw her wrap her arms around herself It took a second, but she heard, "I love him Present day I love him now"

"And I remember my love for him"

Julia’s shoulders arched upward Dani heard the soft sniffle fro Her supposedly heartless sister was crying

"I don’t want Jake back" Dani took a breath "I left that night and he and I, we haven’t gone through the process of seeing each other again eren’t together Does that ht about hih that process of seeing each other not together for closure, but I don’t want him I don’t love him anymore"

"But you used to" Julia turned back, her hand to her face, as if just waiting to swipe another tear before it trickled down

"I did" She had loved him so much "It took an entire year before I didn’t think about his A year"

"You left us"

Dani stiffened

Julia lifted her chin up, challenging her "You didn’t tell anyone You have no idea what you put us through"