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“Like recognizes like.”
I shake my head. “No. You can’t compare your fear of becoming your mother to my guilt over killing my family.”
Soleil clasps my hand. “Killing your family?”
Crap. I wasn’t going to tell them my pathetic story today. Or any other day for that matter.
“This calls for booze.” Moon rummages in my kitchen before returning with a bottle of vodka and five glasses. She pours shots for everyone.
I accept a glass and drink it. I’m going to need some courage for what’s about to come. Because there is no way my friends are going to leave without learning the truth about my past. Not when I let it slip how I killed my family.
“I have no family because they all died and it’s all my fault,” I begin before telling them about my past. How my parents and baby brother Ethan died. How Amy was my only cousin and now she’s gone, too.
“And now you understand why I had to dump Elder,” I say once I’m finished.
Moon raises her hand. “I don’t understand.”
“Did you not listen to me? I killed my family. I don’t deserve Elder.”
Moon scowls. “You didn’t kill your family. They died in a car accident.”
I pound my chest. “A car accident I caused.”
Soleil squeezes my hand. “I hate to agree with Moon, but she’s right. You didn’t cause the accident.”
“But—”
“Nope. I’m not sitting here and listening to you claim responsibility for an accident you didn’t cause. Not happening.”
Moon nods. “Me either.”
“Agreed,” Eden says.
“Agreed?” I scream. “Agreed?”
“Uh oh,” Ashlyn mumbles. “She’s about to explode.”
I pound my fist on the table. “If I hadn’t panicked and screamed at my dad to stop the car, my family would still be alive. My actions caused their deaths. I’m responsible.”
“Wow.” Soleil’s eyes widen. “I didn’t realize you had this much power. You controlled your dad’s drivingandthe driving of another car. Remind me never to let you borrow my car again.”
“You don’t own a car,” I hiss at her. “And stop making light of what happened.”
“What do you expect me to do when you spout bullshit?”
“It’s not bullshit.”
“It’s total bullshit,” Ashlyn says and I glare at her. “I’m an excellent bullshit detector.”
“Yeah, she can spot bullshit a mile away,” Moon says.
“Say we agree with you,” Eden begins and Soleil frowns at her. “We don’t but let’s say we do. What does the accident have to do with Elder?”
“I told you. He deserves better.”
“But he loves you and he wants you.”
“He can’t want me. Everyone I love dies. I had to push Elder away to save him.”
