Page 1 of Over Us, Over You

PROLOGUE: HAYLEY

FOR AS LONG AS I CANremember, my older brother has been the one constant in my life. Overly protective and loyal to a fault, he’s always been there for me when I needed him most.

When I was five, he walked me to school for my first day of kindergarten—distracting me from the fact that our mother was far too stoned on crystal meth to realize where we were.

When I was seven, he held my trembling hand in the back of a packed courtroom as we watched both of our parents being led away to prison.

And when I was eight, he promised me that he wouldn’t let the fact that we were placed in separate foster homes keep us apart. He was always “only a couple of blocks away,” no matter how many times I switched foster families, and he was always willing to listen to my cries and assure me that he would always be there to protect me.

He promised that I could trust him with anything, so I always told him everything.

Well, almost everything.

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