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“Why not, Rachel?” Maybe her sister couldn’t, but she could

“And you won’t either” Rachel’s head snapped to the side, her expression fierce as she stared back at her

Diane’s lips thinned She hated it when Rachel could so easily guess her intentions

“Why can’t you go to Merinus?” Diane asked rather than arguing “She’s David’s mother, she can talk to him If not Merinus, then Callan”

Rachel sniffed as she rubbed her hands over her face before starting back at Diane heavily “Because I refuse to play tattletale on a child” She sighed wearily

Diane had to laugh “But, Rachel, it’s children you’re supposed to tattle on”

Her sister’s lips almost twitched in amusement

“Laugh, Diane” She sat up and it was then Diane saw the tears glittering in her eyes “I’ Merinus Lyons to pleaseso mean to my baby”

Diane was confused now She stared back at her sister, wondering what the real problem was here

“I all but went to school with you for the first six years because the older kids liked to bully you,” Diane reued with principals Then Uncle Colt calared at them all and even visited their parents and all but threatened them But what happened to stop it, Rachel?”

“This isn’t school, Diane” She sighed “Kicking the bully in the balls isn’t going to fix this”

And oh how her baby sister had kicked the bully and left hi Diane loved that memory

“No, it won’t,” she agreed reasonably “But if you don’t speak to Merinus, Callan or David, I don’t care which, then I will”

Ignoring Rachel’s scowl she laid the now-sleeping Amber back in the bed beside her mother

“Let it go,” her sister ordered