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“I’m sorry your parents aren’t around, okay? But it’s not my fault. I didn’t make them go away, Jackson. I was hired because they’re not here. You need to realize that and stop blaming me for things that are out of my control,” she advised, taking a deep breath and stepping back toward the door. “Don’t ever touch my phone again. Do you understand me?”
I eyed her up and down, cocking my head to the side. Taking in what she just said with as much curiosity as she had about my parents.
“There’s a reason his name is under ‘Don’t Answer’ in my phone. You could have…” She sighed, being at her wits end.
“Who is he?” I blurted, surprising myself I actually kind of cared.
“Someone I want nothing to do with.”
“Huh,” I quickly snapped back. “Well then, maybe now you’ll understand. Seeing as I want nothing to do with you. Now get out.”
“Alright.” She nodded. “I’ll get out of your room, but I’m not getting out of your life. I’m here to stay.”
“Yeah, for Journey.”
“And for you.” With that, she turned around and left. Closing my door behind her.
I reached for the lock, faltering when I heard my brother on the other side declare, “He wasn’t always like this, Camila.” Stopping me dead in my tracks.
I swear those were the first words he had ever spoken to her.
“He’s mad at my dad. It’s not you,” he explained, stirring my heart to race. “Journey really loves you. You make her happy. My mom didn’t have the chance to do that, and Journey is one of the reasons my dad isn’t around.”
I grimaced, hating it was the truth.
My baby sister didn’t deserve any of what was dealt to her. She didn’t ask to be born.
“It doesn’t matter what you say or do, my mom isn’t coming home. That much I can tell you.”
“Is she—”
“I’m sorry Jackson is treating you like this, but Journey isn’t the only one who wants you here.”
She asked him what I was thinking, “She isn’t?”
“No. I want you here too.”
He does?
“You do?”
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“Because I think you could fix things.”
Why?
How?
“With Jackson?”
“Yeah. And maybe my dad.”
“Jagger, what do you—”
I heard his footsteps next and then his door shut, cutting her off.
