e continued ou

party tomorrow," I heard Susan say, her voice cri

people?" Emily as

festyle. That his injuries are a result of his own recklessness. It will justify disowni

s a brie

that too cruel?"

earned that," my mother replied. "Alex des

as trapped in a prison of broken bones and agony. I wanted to cut ti

stray, until Susan Miller took me in, claiming I was a distant relative.

. I was the son she was stuck with, a constant reminder o

led into a

ire raged in my legs, a deep, rotting pa

camera shutters and h

gawkers, their faces a blur of morbid curiosity. They

him, wha

ly weird stuff. That' s why th

ying to bring shame on

e volume turned up. A news anchor was

ler has been officially disinherited. The engagement between him and Ms. Emily Stone has been called off. In

t me like ph

es. Specia

as a degenerate to jus

my chest, making it impossible to breathe. A hot tear es

sh we

et a shot of that

ere mocking my tears, my

the crow

ace a perfect portrait

ed at the reporters, shielding me with her b

gnificent p

rs. "Noah, my darling, don' t worry. We' ll get you

until the engagement between Alex and Emily was

in, the absolute d

ady dark, went

frantic cry from somewhere down the

ave they done

s my