e devil. I don't know why my brother Gerald brought you back.
Aunt Miranda had insulted
ime she did it openly...
g the bedsheet tightly around my body, hoping to find
t.
ess, so their silence felt l
had in this worl
loor again, screamin
n the video! Someone edi
ysterical screams, pain and disappointment
flicker of hope
attered the s
he snapped. "Get
like her. She gave birth to a mo
even though it was the first time I had ever heard
een me and Papa Gerald, her voice steady,
that
just keeps gett
ver heard Mama Marcellia-or any
ared him-always o
relessly and
how hard we try. No matter
me with pure dis
rn out jus
ke
s, my voice barely holding together under
d in a mix of
ad ever heard anyone spea
y would they say su
ingers left a red mark
dripping down her forehea
And I won't let anyone speak to her that way-no o
hadn't seen tha
rald closed his eyes for a moment... then
~
never enough
rport, standing between Mama
t, cold even. But here and n
ust like Papa Gerald-that he did
he shoc
ward the plane in a deadly silence, he pulled
his heart wa
s st
Hayden's men cry-espec
s sobs, he
dn't protect you, sore
n cold blood or rip his throat out of his neck
ra
ural,
dn't accept my presence when
t years older than me b
ew he loved me li
ined leaving New York-let al
e before; armed guards had alw
e I was, hea
in... but have never set fo
ane window at New York City, watc
as a single hot, broken tear slid
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