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418 Irreparable Damage (Jayden)

But Lance had to see his mom's slow decline into depression before she finally ended things herself too. He had no other family he knew of and a shit ton of money.

So, we just became best friends, and then we met Winona and Lisa. We became each other's family when he didn't have one of his own, and I guess I didn't realize how much that bond had shaped us both until

now.

Lance and I bonded over our shared, fucked-up parent issues, and it made us inseparable. My mother might have been dysfunctional in her love, but at least she stood by me. He never had anyone.

Only us four friends hanging out and doing life. We were the ones who helped each other survive high school, then college, through all the madness of growing up.

We were just kids then, thinking we could save each other and the world. But adulthood and this betrayal make those bonds fragile.

what it would do to

flares. "You think you get to decide how

says, his voice gentle but firm. "But I do know

crossing my arms. "And how am I supposed to believe that when she didn't tell me the truth? When she kept secrets from

You always have to make everything about yourself." "So now it's my fucking fault? That's rich!" I yell back, the heat burning in my gut. We've had fights before, but never like this. Never with so much

see, life is never about you. It's about everyone around you. Pull your

it's the fact that she was with you that cuts me deep. That you could think so little of us..." My voice breaks, and I clench my fists, trying to hold onto

to not let what I did wreck your family.

him knowing

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a rare crack in his usually irreverent facade.

advice on how to run my life. Clearly, you're the one who needs to sort out your own shit. You're going

my eyes. There's something off in his tone,

you need time, but

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