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He nods, but I don’t think he believes me “I’m your dad, so of course I’d rather you wait until you’re fifty, but” He clears his throat again “I want you to be safe I’ an appointment with Dr Hudecz on Monday”
I start to cry “I don’t need an appoint! I didn’t have sex! Not in the hot tub or anyplace So up You have to believe me”
My dad has a pained expression on his face “Lara Jean, I know it’s not easy to talk about this with a dad and not a h this”
“I wish she was too, because she’d believe h for strangers to think the worst of ht my sister and dad would believe it
“I’m sorry” My dad puts his arms around me “I’ sex, you’re not having sex I just don’t want you to grow up too fast When I look at you, you’re still as young as Kitty to ainst hi’s a mess You don’t trust ot hates me”
“I trust you Of course I trust you And of course you and Margot will make up like you always do She was only worried about you; that’s why she came to me” No, it’s not She did it out of spite It’s her fault that Daddy thought that of me for even a second
Daddy lifts my chin and wipes the tears off my face “You must really like Peter, huh?”
“No,” I sob “Maybe I don’t know”
He tucksork out”
There is a specific kind of fight you can only have with your sister It’s the kind where you say things you can’t take back You say thery it’s cory you can’t see straight All you see is blood
As soon as Daddy leaves and I hear hiot’s rooot is at her desk on her laptop She looks up atmy eyes, I say, “You can be o to Daddy behind ht as she says, “I didn’t do that as revenge I did it because you clearly have no idea what you’re doing, and if you’re not careful, you’re going to end up so to a stranger, Margot continues “You’ve changed, Lara Jean I honestly don’t even knoho you are anymore”
“No, you definitely don’t know me anymore, if you think for one second that I would have sex on a school trip! In a hot tub, in plain view of anybody who ht happen to walk by? You must not knowagainst her “Just because you had sex with Josh, that doesn’t ot sucks in her breath “Lower your voice”
I feel happy that I’ve wounded her too I yell, “Now that Daddy’s already disappointed in ht?”
I whirl around to go back to ot follows close behind me