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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.

his parents' coffin to pull off some shady deal. And Hayden? No way

instead of getting mad, he looked like he

eerily calm. "Call

you want

at him, to let every awful thing fly out of my mouth, but... I

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

but that didn't

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

you'd smile 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 him." Wayne's

paused, taking a shaky breath. "But when it came time to choose, 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

if that

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they didn't have to say it outright, I knew. They wanted me out of the

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