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“Who was the one that was there every day, walking her back and forth to classsure she was safe?” Trevor continued “Me Who was there to couuments, and most of theo out and do fun things on weekends like a girl her age was supposed to do? It wasfor him year after year, alone and lonely I set her free”
Sabela realized that she hadn’t been the only one who’d been playingin his mind and tried to play it out to make it real
“When she toldto run aith him, and she was supposed to meet him at Pinkie’s Diner, I knew I had to act fast,” Trevor said “I had to ht for her But I needed time to convince her”
All of it was falling into place Sure enough, Trevor had iined there was more to his relationship with Blanca than was actually there
Trevor continued “I had to stop her fro I offered to drive her to the diner that day, but really, I planned to take her out of town I wanted to confess ht place because I knew she had to love me, otherwise, ould she spend so h, so I wrote that letter and ood at forging people’s handwriting You’re not the only artist in the family, Sister”
She ignored his bragging “Didn’t you stop to think that Blancaoff with her?” Sabela asked, astonished at the depth of her brother’s delusion
“She wouldn’t, because secretly, she’d alanted me I just needed to show him that”
“And so you drove by the diner ,” Sabela whispered
And Colin had been sitting inside the diner, watching it play out
“Yeah,” Trevor said, “and I told Blanca a joke so she’d laugh, and so he would see her laughing … with me”
Sabela risked a glance over at Colin He stood raht, his expression severe She watched his jaw muscles clench and release
“I wasn’t paying attention because I was distracted,” Trevor said, his voice becoan didn’t deserve Blanca I didn’t even see the light turn red”
Colin said Trevor gunned the car through the intersection, and Sabela noticed how Trevor o iirl had paid for his foolishness with her life
Trevor rushed onward “It was Morgan’s fault for thinking he could do better for Blanca than me He would have destroyed her He had left her, and just because he started ht he owned her In the end, he didn’t even knoho she was anymore He shouldn’t have tried to take her away from me”
Sabela saw the barely banked fire raging behind Colin’s eyes She feared he wouldn’t be able to hold hiht attack her brother
She darted over to Colin and put her hands on his hard chest He didn’t look at her, only kept staring ferociously at Trevor
“Are you going to beat up a disabled man?” she asked, tone flat
“He’d deserve it,” Colin said between gritted teeth “But no, he’s just a pathetic husk of a man”
“Fuck you,” Trevor spat “I’m not afraid of you”
“You should be Ito kick your ass like you deserve,” Colin said, “but there are other ways to ruin a man”
“Right Like fuck with my sister, you ass —”
“You’re out of your minds,” Sabela interrupted “Both of you!”
Neither of theht now, but if she didn’t invest so would be resolved She plunged onward “It was the case then, and it’s the case now You fought over a wo her the credit that she could make her own decisions”
That shut the at her, Sabela squared her shoulders and continued
“Maybe Trevor’s right Maybe she was blinded by your money, Colin, and wouldn’t have wanted to be with you after you tere finally in the saether Maybe she would’ve broken your heart Who knows? I don’t think you really knew her any more than Trevor did Nonetheless, this crazy schee is just as bad as Trevor’s scheme to make you think Blanca broke up with you”
Silence The two men watched her, both with expressions that said they didn’t want to hear what she was saying But they were listening, and that’s all that Sabela cared about at the moment
“You did all of that because you were trying to get back at Trevor,” Sabela said “Now he’s here to try to get back at you And in the middle of all of this is me I have a brain, and I can think for ainst each other, and I da to make me into one”
She looked at both of the onto the past is a lesson in ed, remember?”
Colin’s face was stoic and cold “Who said ed?”
Sabela blinked in surprise “You did You proreed to stay”
“Believe what you want about my intentions,” Colin said “As you say, you can think for yourself”
Sabela was stunned Colin’s just angry, she told herself Learning the letter he’d endlessly tortured hi, and could explain his coldness
Probably, Colin was sis he didn’t mean