Unnerving as it was to admit, there wasn’t anything I wouldn’t do protect her. Even if that meant going against my entire family to do right by her. Because, regardless of the consequences incurred by the rest of my family, I was willing to go against everything I had been programed to protect in order to protect her. Even if that meant going against every fiber of my being and remaining quiet about my father because that’s what she needed from me. Conflicted and furious, I remained right there on the steps of the Garda Station until the sky darkened, and my anger waned, making way for my
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