“Because it’s a different situation. For one, he’s been doing this since we were kids. He didn’t move here from the city less than four months ago. For two, I love my brother but not…” I swallow, waiting for her eyes to blink up to meet mine. “But not like the way I love you. That’s why I can’t let anything bad happen to you. That’s why I’m not treating you the same way. I love you.”
