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The porch door sla like she’s in a snit I have a good idea of why Still, I wait for her to engage

“What the hell are you thinking?” she hisses

“I think a lot of things Do you want to be ress reports I’d been working on for my class and lean back in the chair

“Of all people, you go after Shadow? Why? You hate your sister so o after Bolt’s dad?”

“First of all, Shadow came after me, and you don’t know the entire story There’s more to it”

“I kno it looks to the club You don’t fuck over your family like that We raised you better”

“Me, but not her, right? Because everything she does is okay? Did you love her father more than mine? Is that why she’s so clearly the favorite?”

Her jaw drops She stands still, and covers her heart “How could you even think that?”

“How could I not?” I cross my arms under my breasts “You think I didn’t notice how differently ere treated all this time? I did, and I’m sure as hell not the only one How you kept this secret so well, all this time, I can’t say”

“He had no right to tell you,” she seethes

“Umm, yes he did But it wasn’t him It was your precious firstborn who let the cat out of the bag If I were you, I’d be worried about who else she’s running her mouth to”

“She would never do that,” my mother says vehemently

“And yet, here we are,” I reply

“You’re such a sweet girl I don’t understand how you can be so unsympathetic to your sister Do you knohat it was like for her, finding out your Dad wasn’t her real father? She lost her identity, and everything becalasses colored with insecurity and favoritism You’ve always been ravitate toward one another You’re partners in cri it wasn’t”

“Oh, boo-hoo So what…he wasn’t her blood He loves us exactly the saot a hold of this sensitive information, and I’ll bet she lorded it over your heads”