She reads me better than anyone in this world, and she sees all the words I can’t say. I can’t do this. I know it’s not a coincidence that our parents have done their best to keep us apart the last few months. They’ve always thought she was a bad influence on me. They’ve been incapable of reining in their oldest daughter since the day she was born. Dahlia has always been rebellious, unwilling to be confined to the expectations of our upbringing. I—for the most part—have always been the opposite. I know she’s been against my relationship with Jackson since it started seven years ago, but I’ve
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