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“She’s tagging along A break will be good for her She’s worked hard this semester”

“But she can do better”

“Why are you always on her case? It’s a nonstop barrage of expectations and never good enough with you Give her some space”

“What the hell makes you an authority on this? She’s my sister I hat’s best for her”

“You hat’s best for you You want her to cut a piece of her heart out to fulfill this ideal vision you have in your head that doesn’t exist” I shouldn’t have said it, but she’d been through a disaster and had almost died She needed a break from his pressure before she broke

“Is that what she’s telling you?”

“She doesn’t need to Anyone who’s seen her dance kno important it is to her”

He scoffed “That’s not a real career”

“Maybe it can be She’s a hell of a teacher, and she can do whatever she needs to for that to work”

“She doesn’t teach This is not up to you”

“It’s not up to you either It’s up to her, and she’d go through withup out of my chair, I threwpressure for so to med school because if she were, it would be halfway across the country to get away fro to shove her into that little kid box and run her life, and what you’re doing is pushing her away” My heavy breath filled the silence of the room

He was quiet for ato med school?”

I winced and squeezed my eyes shut Fuck!

Dragging hI just said, that’s what you focus on? You’re pushing her away and pushing her too hard”

“I’ll see her when I land at the end of the week” He ended the call, and I dropped my head Add another point to the column of Ford fuckups