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"You’ve only been here a h the basket "You’re just now starting to act like a nor shot You and I have a lot h and the slant of her ainable, and I’ve even sat with her as we flipped through endless photos of people I care nothing about "What more can you want from me? I’ve answered every question you’ve asked"

"This isn’t a job interview," she says "You already have the position of hter I want you to stick around until you actually believe you’re part of this fa to discover what transpired between ernail file and that’s when I notice the split nail on the pointer finger of her right hand I tap the tip of ue to the roof of

"Can I do it?" I ask

Olivia shoots lare thatinvalid"

Won’t lie She scares the hell out ofMom and I would do for each other--for fun Fun" I overe to act like fae juice back in the fridge with ht as I leave the kitchen, Olivia calls out, "Do you always resort to behaving like a two-year-old when someone yells at you?"

The muscles in my back tense Who interacts this way? "Have you ever tried being nice, or is that ill cause you to melt? It must have been a bummer for you hat happened ater was poured on your sister"

Olivia laughs The deep one, and my lips twitch with it I don’t understand her, but for soh, I like it because it’s a confirmation I won at least one round

She waves her hand in the air "Get back in here"

Reluctantly, I sit next to her Relationships shouldn’t be this way--continual fights for dominance I take the nail file and her hand then pause at the cold te ice cubes Crazy since the house is the desert at high noon

I start filing and Olivia breaks the silence "You don’t feel sorry forchill causes et that you’re sick" It’s the truth and I’m a horrible person "Sorry for the witch coize for that Never for that I like that you don’t treat ood for my soul than you can know" She breathes in deeply then releases the air at a slow pace "Oz treats me differently"

I nibble on my bottom lip "How so?"

"The second tree on the left," Olivia says I should’ve known better than to expect a straight answer

My hand freezes midfile "What?"