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Julia stilled and looked up

Trenton was on the radio, giving their location, but Dani froze and watched

Nanery drew in a breath, grunting frorandma, but you knew that He snuck around on h town every so often It’s why Sandy had three of them It wasn’t ever told I never told a soul, but youraround--"

"We don’t have time for this!" Julia screamed

Dani shot a hand out to quiet her sister "Shut up and let her talk!"

Nanery heezing, gri There was no blood left in her face "My boy--I had to tell yourto ht"

"That’s why she was the only one who visited her"

"Sandy used to be h I hated her, I knew she didn’t want her children knowing she was all sorts of crazy"

"What are you talking about?" Julia cried out "We’re going to die--"

Dani rounded on her, "Then I’ the truth!"

Julia shut up

Nanery coughed before she uilt that eats at me And one of the worst--your ht I was the only one she could talk to about her momma, but she had the same curse that Sandy did"

"It was a married man" Dani knew

"He was ht her uilt-ridden, but Kathryn stuck her hand into the mix, you see--"

"Kathryn loved him, too"

"He didn’t have time for her It was only Daniella he loved"

"What are you saying?" Julia asked Her voice was suddenly so cal them

"Your pop is here He’s been around, but Daniella didn’t want you guys to know She was asha what a ‘screw-up’ she was" Nanery coughed again and hissed fro to the two because they look like their daddy, but Daniella knew that Dani would be left in the cold She didn’t knohat to do when she found out she was dying"

Julia and Dani stood and waited, hearing their secrets spew froht by yourthat secret so many years He said he couldn’t have a mother who knew he had three sisters and not tell hiain, so he took off I’ve never seen him since Suppose noon’t"