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“I’ve got to go”

With that, he made his way toward the door

“You don’t have to go,” Tamsin said

He turned to see his new little sister sitting on the stairs She wore a plain nightie, and her hair was mussed

“Shouldn’t you be in bed?”

She shrugged “I heard Da home, and how happy Mom was”

He’d had every intention at one point to kidnap this girl and use her as leverage in a tale of revenge that had seemed so important, whereas now, he couldn’t do it This family was his home

“You should be asleep”

“And you should stop pretending that being who you are isn’t upsetting you”

He paused with his hand on the door, and turned to look at the kid “You don’t knohat you’re talking about”

“All of your life you’ve been a Denton enemy, and now you are one Thatto be happy about everything No one will bla royally pissed”

He chuckled “I think your father would take offense to that”

Again, she shrugged “Mo his oay, and it needed to stop You don’t have to follow along if you don’t want No one will blame you I won’t anyway”

“You don’t have a proble brother”

“I have six of the an extra two Your family is now our family”