living than tric

rin

r. Yeah, okay. I’ll go to college and wreak havoc. Joseph, Theresa, and Christine will be there to keep an eye

siblings will marry after they graduate from college. Kate had gotten engaged to a fellow, but he d

ns the damn school. Our parents helped build it, considering they were wealthy. Mason invest

n at my head. Thanks, Elliot. Mason punished me and made me endure brutal tra

ave fun? Was tha

” Charl

o the living room with my

you’re fighting

e deserved to get his ass beat. How the hell are you friends with him

ing room. “That is no

scum, and you know

u don’t understand. When you get into the business, you will learn t

Our parents would turn over in their graves if they knew what my brothers were doi

ut Maurice is my best friend, and he’s not i

o far from the corrupt apple tree. Maurice’s croo

ey’re not squeaky clean. Greg had a gambling problem, Maurice had a temper and a drinking issue, an

. I found him sitting in the backyard with his eyes cl

with ice-cold water from the outs

Joseph

empty pail

ell is wron

lace bo

he backyard. Joseph received a fat lip whi

eph a handkerchief while h

to cure your boredo

ssed off Charles, going after

d you d

idiot, and I ha

Edward Morgan. The Fraziers reneg

o the big brother because

id Char

Frazier let something slip about Char

ris

ings. I knew I would go into the family business after

t, Carri. I’ll

o tell me twice since I had enough on my plate

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said, but Mason warned Charles about his dea

e mix. God help us if he and his buddies have children one day, a

my ass out before attending college. My family was the fun police. Was it my fault I put a cherry bomb in one of Mason’s

when he flung a knife at her, and she beat the hell out of him. Kate played a mediator between us.

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th Theresa, Joseph, and Christine. We would ret

e we attended college. It made me happy not to live in a dorm since I can’t deal with a

o a driveway, and

seph got my

ked a

nd the school won’t tolera

ey tolerate your

d, and Christine

r family is far from ex

ke me cal

scare me, and neither doe

i, one day, you’ll understand why

ing fun. The rest of you can worry a

e’s perceptions of us. People will think what they want. Let them. O

yself. But my life would