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“And she begged you to cover for her” It’s what she always did; expected him to bail her out

“No” He snatched his hand away fro Do you knohat happens to girls in bad ho for affection and love in places they never should? She didn’t have to ask I did it I told them it was er I could defend roup home She was the only one to visit me there”

“Because it was her fault It’s called guilt Did she get kicked out?”

“No, that’s why I did it To protect her” Shaking his head, he looked at , but I did

I understood how every text I sent Alexis trying to organize party details was replied to with the ‘Call Me!’ Her responses were the perfect cover Nothing she’d said had been in writing I couldn’t actually prove she’d helped plan the party or tried to sabotage Berk and me She had plausible deniability

I’d been so starved for any kind of sisterly affection I’d let her nail down the stakes to erness to break what Berk and I had been building She’s used her closeness to hiht love him

It was selfishness on top ofepisode of Berk cleaning up after her, and her robbing him of happiness he damn well deserved

“She was a messed up kid”

No shit And she was going to destroy his life

He jumped up

“And what’s her excuse now?” I stood up too, pushing off the wall “She went through a lot of what you did, but got to stay with the great fa you’ve acco you down Everything you told me only makes it worse She screwed you over and didn’t even appreciate what she had Look at you Look at how far you’ve co to destroy that She’s not good for you” I sed past the boulder lodged in my throat

“You keep telling me not to put up with the toxic people in my life, but you need to look at the people in your life too You need to do this for you” I lifted ht my wrists

“And for you, right?” He pushed ot to cut her off” He practically snarled “Not see her anymore”

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