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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.

off some shady deal. And Hayden? No way

red from the slap. But instead of getting mad, he looked

his tone eerily calm. "Call me

you want

out of my mouth, but... I didn't. Not because I forgave

Fine. But I wasn't always this way." His voice shifted, quieter, almost haunted. "Do you remember what I was like when you first came to

stayed silent, but that didn't

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

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 because Jace was closer to your age. That's

you picked him. You didn't even look at me. Do you know what that did to me? I told myself I'd be fine as long as you were happy,

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

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say it outright,

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