tress, and the image of Alex handing my father that belt was burned into my mind. I needed water. Pushi

low and intimate. Alex and Chloe. I froze, pr

ick with fake tears. "I try so hard to be a good sister to her,

ool wall, my heart a h

hadn't heard since before the surgery. "Don't cry. It's not

us? About why you were with her?" Chl

t doesn't matter. I have you. That's all I ever wanted. These past three years... being with her, p

too, Alex,"

d clamped over my mouth to stifle a sob. Hearing the words was one thing, but hearing the tenderness, the genuine love in his voice for her... that was a new

I'd had for a lie, and from a beating I'd received for telling the truth. Chloe would come into m

n, sitting on the edge of my bed. "He was with you for three ye

fusing to give her the s

of my hair and yanked my head back. Pain exploded in my scalp. "You think you're so noble, don't you? Giv

ck connected with the headboard, the fres

w Chloe standing over me, her hand still raised, and me co

ng on?" he asked,

in to see how she was, and she started screaming at me, calling me names

face was cold, dismissive. "Sarah, what the hell i

ispered, my voice h

stone. "I saw you about to hit her. Just l

nd them. The injustice of it was suffocating. He had sided with

, a proper one this time. I was forced to attend. They wanted to present a united family fron

insisted. It was his way of forcing us to make pe

, wooded road, Chloe turned to me, a

e one who told Alex you two had the same rare blood type. I w

ed on the steeri

ng. "I wanted you to fall in love with him and then have

yanked the steering wheel hard to the right. The car swerved violent

h of metal, the shattering of glass. My head slammed against the side wind