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y eyes or even any part of my body but most of all, I was mad. I was mad at my fat

ys be deleted in just one day. I wasn't sure what I was even more mad about. Was it my father for keeping all t

the reality hit me right in the fa

gether. How could I reset my mind and and divert my thoughts from what I

asked out loud in the empty room but a knock

k," he stated and got inside wi

was going to have a stepbrother. What

olled my eyes. Did he even have an idea about the consequences of keeping those secrets o

or even that-" I caught my words b

but this is good for us. All those lonely dinners, monotonous game night's that

you not telling me about them before. Some surpris

happiness?" I shook my head and looked away. If only he knew that wasn't my greatest wo

utter the 'no' followed with a whole bunch of words to explain why I couldn't skip dinner. "D

led me to do that. He had a smirk on his face that didn't hint at any good but it still made my heart jump. Right then, I knew that I was in more trouble than I had initially thought. A

es on me. I had missed something after being lost i

had been waiting for me to lead 'The Grace' before dinner. I cursed myself silently for straying

o rehearse the prayer felt like the longest hour I'd had to hold someone's hand. By the time it was over, all I wanted was to be done with and be very far away from that table. I didn't ev

ervous," he stated in a

ng mine. I tensed unable to say anything even though I had been so prepared to tell him to sod off

s, I left the house hoping to take some minutes to myself. I thought about walking down the street to Ava's but I needed t

ted and stopped a few steps from where I was sit

out me being on the road alone but all it had taken him was getting a stepson to let me use

ext to my little sister?" He took out a cigarette and lit it. "I kn

I asked in confu

nt a sibling? I for o