Darn Stupid Brother You Are by Mairee

Chapter 118

Chapter 118

(Cylan's

POV)

The cool night air hit my face as I stepped out of the chaos and into the parking lot. Ambulances lined the street with their lights flashing in chaotic rhythm. I spotted her immediately-Emily. She was leaning against a stretcher as a paramedic wrapped her arm in a bandage.

"Emily!" I called out.

She turned, and when she saw me, her face lit up. "Cylan."

I ran to her and threw my arms around her. She winced slightly, but her laugh was soft and warm. "You did it," she whispered. "You saved me."

"We saved you," I corrected and pulled back just enough to look into her eyes. She looked so exhausted. "I couldn't have done it without everyone's help. But... I couldn't have left you there either."

Her lips brushed against mine in a soft, fleeting kiss that felt like the first breath after drowning. "Thank you," she whispered.

The victory felt bittersweet as I watched the remaining patients filter out of the center. The fight wasn't over-not for me.

Ellen's bruised and battered face flashed in my mind. Her fiancé's cruel words echoed in my ears. No, my fight was far from over.

"Cylan!"

stern and stony as ever. My mother's lips were

standing taller

"This... display. This behavior. Do you have any idea how

"You're talking about shame? Do

exaggerate," my father snapped. "You wouldn't have needed to survive anything if you'd just

bitterly. "You mean marry some stranger and live a lie for the rest of my life? Be

being dramatic, Cylan. This isn't about

about control. You wanted to control me, to mold me into something I'm not. But I'm done. I'm done letting you dictate my

me, stunned into

for everyone else who's been hurt by people like you-people who think they have the right to tell others how to live

first time, I

urge to add, "Oh, and Mr. and Mrs. Brown, I like girls, I like

...

(Few days later)

(Dennis's POV)

was about betrayal, another about deceit. Travis sat a few rows behind

stand accused of aiding and abetting the operation of an illegal medical facility, conspiracy to traffic human organs, and

I whispered, barely

demanded as

this time.

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