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Hard, painful tears wrackedin them All the pain of the past decade

“Dahlia, please,” he begged after a while, choking on the words

I reached for so to squeeze the sobs back down Slowly, shuddering, Idown my face

Darragh gently eased o of him to wipe at my face He reached behind me and took tissues from Dad to hand to iant panda eyes

My brother’s expression was strained, his hazel eyes bright with unshed tears

Mortified by lance at Davina and froze She was crying quietly, but her tears seemed to be uncontrollable too

More tears slipped downher pain “I’m so sorry”

“What are you sorry for?” She swiped at her face, clearly aggravated

“For everything”

“Well, that’s kind of the probles that weren’t your fault, and you took off And I do bla out on the last nine years ofme miss out on yours”

“Let’s all sit down” Dad pressed a hand to my back

The suggestion relieved h sat across fro my shoulder in comfort

God, I lovedbrother

The ache ofhim swelled inside me

“Where have you been?” Davina demanded first