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“Why?” he asks, but then I see it theit

“Because my brother is the traitor who set the bo for him”

So suspiciously close to pity crosses his eyes, but I just look away I re to believe un onabout hiet more answers from someone when you listen to their questions

And all the questions he asked gave me my answers

My brother was the traitor Is a traitor

I, of course, played duet his and stuff, and wanted to clear his name fro so atrocious

“My father learned early on that Lathan couldn’t ever be the head of the Fao on, quieter this time as I look down at my hands “He acts before he thinks So I was chosen instead And Lathan never let that go”

I stand up, because I’ started and waiting for me to leave so they can dissect the shit storly stepped into

I skate to the door before turning around

“We were all conditioned differently to deal e’d one day face It’s not sunshine and rainbows for a Family child It’s also not terrible My parents loved me, and I never questioned that”

I pause a beat, noting the curious expressions on their faces

“I greith all the kids of the Four Families But ere the Five Families before Jenkins turned on us And never did I roo, if the ru she has enough heart to give a damn about you or anyone But I’ve seen it She does care The only person she’d ever trusted before this club betrayed her My parents would have never betrayed ine what that’s like So cut her some slack, because she h about you to risk it all to save you”

With that off my chest, I pull open the door, and skate past a bunch of reallybikers They’re a little put off by my skates, because I’m the crazy chick who has the balls to float like a butterfly up in here

I head straight for the tequila again, spotting Jude already at the bar and downing shot after shot himself

“I need clothes froreat too,” I tell him

He glances back at the closed doors, then his hard eyes level me with a brutal stare