“Gabi doesn’t need anyone making her feel like she’s different or annoying. She might be your little sister and annoying to you by nature—” He looks around at my brothers. “—and I get it. I have a little sister. But I’ll tell you now that I won’t stand for that shit as long as I’m around.” Something in me breaks. Something small and almost unnoticeable but irreparable all the same. And with his words, words that could have caused a backlash on a bad day, my four remaining brothers, my brother-in-law, and my sister all nod and smile. It seems they’ve accepted Vic.
