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“I can’t tell you”

He narrows his eyes, trying to figure out what I’ure it out I’m a fantastic liar

“Are you going to ive away if he wants me to punish her or not There was once a time when Liesel was his friend too He knows her more intimately than I do, but Enzo is also a man of honor He won’t let someone hurt his family without consequence, and Siren is his family

“Yes,” I say

“Good,” his voice is strained as he says it like it hurts him, but he knows it has to be done “Liesel used to be part of this faet our protection Not anymore She chose to leave She chose to hurt this faive”

I nod, and then I look at him with all the pain of our past “This is our fault”

“How do you figure?”

“We failed her We didn’t protect her e should have Tiain, we failed to save her fro us From your father From others…”

Enzo turns back to the ocean It’s too painful to know the part we played inLiesel this way

“We did fail, but ere kids then Since then, we have done everything we could to protect her She made her choices,” he finally replies

“We were never kids, never given the choice to be innocent We should have protected her There isn’t any excuse that’s good enough Sohthe salt from the ocean turn ain as adults”

“We’ve had an eye on her this entire time”

“I know, but how did she end up in that twisted game on that boat the first time? How did we miss that?”

“Because she wanted us to Listen, Liesel isn’t innocent anymore She’s a woo Punish her, get Siren justice, but then let her go”

I can’t