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"Oh od," Isabella whispered, shocked that any parent could be that cold Okay, granted before she heard that she thought her parents were pretty da

Joshua shrugged "He was too busy restrainingyou?"

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Chapter 19

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"Don’t worry about it," he said, knowing his brother had only been trying to help He didn’t really care if she knew that his mother was a bitch or not The whole town knew and she would have knoithin a day if she stuck around, but that didn’t mean he liked the look of pity on her face as she looked up at him

He hated pity

"Did you clean her up?" he asked, switching the subject

"Yeah, they’re shallow and should be healed in a day or two," Joshua said, collecting his first aid kit as he stood up "You’ll probably be a little sore, but that’s nothing a hot soak won’t fix," Joshua said, giving Izzy a warm smile that she easily returned

"Thank you, Joshua," she said, getting up As soon as Joshua was out of the roolare in his direction

"Not happy to seethe bedroom door in case she started to read hi he needed was for his randmother and little brother and draw their attention