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John Ao home with Cindy, keep the brat quiet, lock yourself in your roo And rememberyou threaten that kid sister so horribly she'll be scared to let out a squeak"

"She's not my kid sister," I whispered weakly

&

nbsp; "What's the difference?" he snarled irritably "You just do as I say Follow instructions, as God wants ly--and never let out to your brother or your father that you know his secret, or that you have any idea where your ood at that"

What did hefun of me?

I knitted lower, and imitated Malcolm "You hear this, John Amos

The day you can out-smart me will be the day the earth sits on the head of a pin, and I s it So don't you mock me, and think I'm dumbfor in the end, I'll win I'll alin, dead or alive"

Poelled up huge within me Never felt so stuffed full of brains I looked down at the toive me two mothers to keep forever as ain

"Now you keep your mouth shut, and don't tell Daddy or Jory one word or I'll cut out your tongue," I said to Cindy ere houe cut out?"

Her small face ith rain and tears, streaked with dirt too Her lips gaped and her eyes bulged, and whi like a baby, she allowed me to put on her pajamas and put her in bed I kept irl's body would sha her more

Where's Momma?

There was somebody I had to tell off So on forever and ruining our lives Dad and I had talked about it a lot, but things were still very tense and I was so confused Why did she have to coer no longer, and as soon as ballet class was over, I raced to Madame's office

"I hate you, Mada's been terrible ever since that day You leave her alone froo and never come back to see you Did you fly all the way here just to h If you don't stop causing sotoo I'll run away and you'll never see ed to ruin not only theirs, but mine and Bart's too"

She paled and looked very old "You sound so very much like your father Julian used to blaze his dark eyes at me in the same way"

"I used to love you"