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The ‘hi and I’dI wanted to happen To create a rift between him and Berk He needed people in his life who cared about hi in their power to hold him back

I ended id nip in the air that ay too cold for an October afternoon, and they almost made me feel comfortable But that didn’ton the stone bench near the stairs to the church

The gray skies mirrored my mood My heels clicked on the stone steps and crunched on the gravel

“What are you doing here?” Just when I’d thought et any worse

Alexis stubbed out her cigarette on the stone and stood as I approached

“Hey, Jules” She had bags under her eyes and looked wrung out

I crossedhere?”

“This looked like as nice a place for a stroll” Her half-hearted chuckle was met with my dead-eyed stare

I squeezed hter to my chest

“I caaze “I was a possessive, psycho bitch and I used my history and relationship with Berk to underainst you”

My eyes widened, and I dropped er in my ear to make sure I’d heard that correctly? My lips parted, but words failedand that would be her tactic, but brutal honesty? Colorsurprised

“Whenever he’s had a girlfriend in the past, or anyone even approaching that level, they’ve always hated me They’ve always said I wasn’t his real sister and he needed to just walk away”

I tilted my head

“Okay Okay” She waved her hands in front of her “Maybe I was part of the problem in some of those situations?”

“Maybe?”