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Kendall and I walked into the guest bedroo her sister in a corner, her knees pulled up and tears flowing down her pretty face

God, I felt fucking guilty For everything I’d done to her that day, for judging her like that, forher pay for the actions of her mother I’d never hated myself more, and I could only hope that with tiive ive myself, I wasn’t sure yet I’d painted this picture of Mandy in irl I’d never known it was a fate her mother had pushed her towards, and I blans sooner

“Mandy,” Kendall said gently, her hand leaving mine as she kneeled down on the floor next to her sister “I’m so sorry I never knew… I swear, I had no idea”

“It’s okay,” A her a brave s as she looked up at us “I proot away fro to be okay now”

“They are,” I said “They’re going to be perfect, girls, I promise”

“What’s going to happen to us?” Kendall asked in a shaky voice, and I sighed, sitting down on the guest bed and burying my face in my hands

“You’re both eighteen,” I told them simply “So, you’re free to stay wherever you want Your mother wields no power over you anymore You can do whatever the fuck you want, and I want you both to knoant you to stay with me I know… I know I haven’t been perfect Fuck, don’t I know it I should have noticed the warning signs before But I want to help now And you both know I love you”

I glanced at Kendall, the unspoken words froue, and she smiled at me shyly

“I want to stay,” she said gently “I want to stay with you But I’ to do whatever Amanda wants”

She turned her questioning eyes to her sister, and I watched a silent conversation go on between them as they looked at one another

“I want to stay too,” Aed with relief

Thank fuck she’d said that, because otherwise I would’ve had to insist They had noto offer theirls, whatever it took I was going to make sure they were both okay and well taken care of I would never be able to forgive ers now

“Okay,” I said gently “You can stay as long as you want to If it were up to me, I’d keep you forever But I want you both to know I’ll never force you to be here Whatever happens, you can alalk away from this, and I’ll help you in any way I can Both of you”