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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.

he even used his parents' coffin to pull off some

his cheek burning red from the slap. But instead of getting mad, he looked like

want," he said, his tone eerily calm. "Call me scum, a

you want

wanted to scream at him, to let every awful thing fly out of my mouth, but... I didn't. Not because

wasn't always this way." His voice shifted, quieter, almost haunted. "Do you remember what I

silent, but that

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 messed up, I took the heat. Mom and Dad would snap their fingers, and I'd be the one running 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 him." Wayne's voice dropped. "I told myself it was

look at me. Do you know what that did to me? I told myself I'd be fine as long as you were happy, but... letting go? It's

there. And if that wasn't enough, our parents

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outright, I knew. They wanted me out

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