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She’s lying There’s another plan in the works and I’m not a part of it

No problem I’m ready to cut her out ofwithshe’s quietly furious with, which saves my ass because she’s the perfect buffer between us She approves of every single one ofagainst anything I suggest because she’s angry withit be known Not everything I’ve suggested or shoas part ofRose

But Rose is in ready agree unbelievable

I don’t protest, though It refocuses Violet’s anger away fro with peach," Rose says, causing Violet to look up fro her best to avoidwith peach?" Violet asks, pursing her lips in an adorable pout

There goes that word again Adorable Christ, there has never been one adorable thing incute It was all hard and ugly and noisy Living in that crap apartment with a father I rarely saas alone When I was really small, I was scared Afraid of the dark, afraid of my teachers, afraid of Dad, afraid of randoh I felt like nothing

And I alanted to be so scared I got tough instead Life is painful and difficult and a constant struggle, and I fought againstwon I could’ve ended up like every other loser I greith, but no Look at e Ruthless

Definitely not what I would call cute or worse, adorable

Adorable was never even a part of my vocabulary until I started to focus on Violet

"She’s referring to ere talking about your lips," I add, causing Violet to turn her attention to loss Peachy Pie, ree I’d brought her at our what-seeo dinner "I prefer this color" She taps the bright orange and black butterfly that’s perched on top of a wo a mental note of it Not a surprise She’s been drawn to that ie toward her so she can study it closely "It’s so distinct And if we lossy perfection?" I ask with a s us both look at her "What? It’s true," she says directly to Violet "Orange is their iconic color"

"Orange and brown," I say "And the orange isn’t as bright as this shade"

"It’s still orange, though," Violetin her voice