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"Bullshit You got Mae I got Kathryn" Julia couldn’t keep the bitterness fro up over the years?" Dani taunted "What? Are you bothered you didn’t get both aunts?"

"This is ridiculous!" Julia hissed "We are adults, and we are above this"

"No, we’re not We’re sisters"

"You’re irrational--" Julia started to chide her sister, but Dani cut her off, "Kinda like needing to leave a party so you can obsessively ht because it wasn’t h earlier in the day? Irrational like that?"

Julia sucked in her breath--again

Jake groaned "Oh no"

Julia’s eyes flashed a warning "Excuseto excuse you You have to have everything in perfect order You have to feel needed, all the ti up I’ve no doubt you’re like that now I bet Kathryn doesn’t need you to reot her own alarms set to remind herself to take those pills"

"Dani"

She whipped her head to regard Jake "What? What cardinal sin have I coot the news this past week"

This past week--when Jake was sch with Boone and his fairlfriend

Dani snorted, hardening over an ache inside of her "Letto tell ot her answer "I see"

Julia was seething "You said it yourself She’s my family, not yours"

"You did, too Your words, too, Julia You got Kathryn I got Mae, the only difference is that I lived with her, and she turned you and Erica against me She chose to love you and Erica, but she never loved ot you, and Kathryn got us It was agreed upon, but Mae took forever to get her life in order, so Kathryn took care of you You should be grateful--"

"Of what?"

"Jake--" Kate coughed froo and start up another poker galanced between the two sisters "Maybe we should"

Kate and Jake disappeared, and Dani shot back,"It doesn’t have to be either/or in our faets that? It never had to be like that"