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"Let go!" I snapped.

But Wayne? He didn't even flinch.

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This everything-was his fault. Fury burned through me, and before I could think twice, I slapped him. Hard.

The sound snapped through the air.

"You're scum," I hissed, my voice shaking with fury.

parents' coffin to pull off some shady deal.

the slap. But instead of getting mad, he

tone eerily calm. "Call me scum, a

you want

scream at him, to let every awful thing fly out of my mouth, but... I didn't. Not because I forgave him, but because he wasn't even worth wasting the

shifted, quieter, almost haunted. "Do you remember what I was

stayed silent, but that

the elder brother who had to be everything. I gave you and Jace the best food, the best toys, even if it meant I got stuck with nothing. When either of you

at me, saying, 'Thank you, Wayne.' That smile... it made me want to do more for you. I cared about you more than I ever cared about Jace. But no matter what I did, your heart-and your eyes-were always on

me. Do you know what that did to me? I told myself I'd be fine as long

legs. The scars are still there. And if that wasn't enough, our parents

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it outright, I

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