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C Jia Ming
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“I shouldn’t go out of my way to make enemies.” She paused. “And even if I want to hate her, I should probably at least try to get to know my sister.”
I choked on my tea. “You—how did you—”
“Dylan told me. The night after the hospital. Don’t get mad.”
— Apr 28, 2018 07:37PM
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I choked on my tea. “You—how did you—”
“Dylan told me. The night after the hospital. Don’t get mad.”
C Jia Ming
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”Tell me,” Dylan whispered in my ear. “What bad thing would happen to you if people knew your secret?”
“I’d lose him.” It was the truth. The only truth to live behind a lifetime of lies. “I know you don’t think he’s much of a father, but he’s the only one I’ve got.” I caught sight of my mother approaching. She beamed at me. My mother, so proud of me. My mother, so weak. “And she’d lose him, too.”
— Apr 28, 2018 07:31PM
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“I’d lose him.” It was the truth. The only truth to live behind a lifetime of lies. “I know you don’t think he’s much of a father, but he’s the only one I’ve got.” I caught sight of my mother approaching. She beamed at me. My mother, so proud of me. My mother, so weak. “And she’d lose him, too.”
C Jia Ming
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”He’s made you lie your entire life to protect his money, and he won’t even share it with you. He takes advantage of you and your mother, of Hannah and her mother…” He clenched his jaw. “He’s a liar, Tess. And he’s made us both into liars—for him. It’s about our lives, too.”
— Apr 28, 2018 07:30PM
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C Jia Ming
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“And now I know why you keep doubting our future every time we have some dumb fight. You can’t even count on your own father.”
“That’s not—”
“Your dad’s here in town, it’s a huge crowd, he’s a Canton alum and booster, no one would even blink if he showed up tonight and yet you and I both know he would never come.”
— Apr 28, 2018 07:29PM
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“That’s not—”
“Your dad’s here in town, it’s a huge crowd, he’s a Canton alum and booster, no one would even blink if he showed up tonight and yet you and I both know he would never come.”
C Jia Ming
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”I-I should probably get back to Hannah.”
“Please,” I said. “You can’t tell her. You can’t tell anyone.”
He glared at me, so long and so hard I thought I’d melt under the intensity of his gaze. The glasses were there, but he was no longer mine. “Yes, Tess,” he said at last. “You’ve made a liar out of me, too.”
And that, I realized, was the worst thing of all.
— Apr 28, 2018 07:23PM
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“Please,” I said. “You can’t tell her. You can’t tell anyone.”
He glared at me, so long and so hard I thought I’d melt under the intensity of his gaze. The glasses were there, but he was no longer mine. “Yes, Tess,” he said at last. “You’ve made a liar out of me, too.”
And that, I realized, was the worst thing of all.
C Jia Ming
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”I guess there was a part of me that never gave up. That never would. I don’t care how long we had to wait, I don’t care what we had to go through to get here. I love you, Tess. All my life, I’ve loved only you.”
— Apr 28, 2018 07:15PM
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C Jia Ming
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”I had it made, actually.”
“In a week?” I asked impressed. “You just found out when my birthday was.”
His smile faded. “No. I had it made two years ago, after I got home from Cornell.” He let the charm fall back on to my skin. “A cousin of mine does silverwork. I—wanted to give you something. But I never saw you again.”
— Apr 28, 2018 07:14PM
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“In a week?” I asked impressed. “You just found out when my birthday was.”
His smile faded. “No. I had it made two years ago, after I got home from Cornell.” He let the charm fall back on to my skin. “A cousin of mine does silverwork. I—wanted to give you something. But I never saw you again.”
C Jia Ming
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He thumbs brushed across my nipples, easing my breasts further out of the bra. “God, you’re beautiful, Tess.”
“You keep saying that.”
“I always mean it.” He rose upon his elbows and took one of my nipples in his mouth.
— Apr 28, 2018 07:08PM
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“You keep saying that.”
“I always mean it.” He rose upon his elbows and took one of my nipples in his mouth.
C Jia Ming
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He saw me, too, and blindly handed off the pastries to my mom. “Tess.” Two steps, and he was in the room, and his hands were sliding up to cup my jaw, his fingers weaving into my sleep-mussed waves. “I can’t wait anymore,” he whispered, and then our lips touched, a soft, sweet press of mouth on mouth. A greeting. A promise.
— Apr 28, 2018 06:54PM
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C Jia Ming
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I pushed away from the desk, but by the time I’d left my room, she was already at the door.
“Hi,” said a voice I recognized. “You must be Mrs. McMann. I brought donuts.”
And now I could see him standing on the threshold, in jeans, a hooded Canton sweatshirt, and those damn, damning glasses.
— Apr 28, 2018 06:53PM
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“Hi,” said a voice I recognized. “You must be Mrs. McMann. I brought donuts.”
And now I could see him standing on the threshold, in jeans, a hooded Canton sweatshirt, and those damn, damning glasses.
C Jia Ming
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Fact: I was deceiving Dylan, too. If he knew Hannah was my sister, he’d never be with me.
Fact: Never.
Because of me, Dylan had become a liar. Maybe this was my fate. I was the child of lies. Everything I did was touched by that poison.
— Apr 28, 2018 06:44PM
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Fact: Never.
Because of me, Dylan had become a liar. Maybe this was my fate. I was the child of lies. Everything I did was touched by that poison.
C Jia Ming
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I was standing here, wearing his necklace like a talisman, waiting for him like it would be okay, like it would happen, like I deserved to be happy after I’d stolen my sister’s boyfriend…and of course I didn’t. Of course I didn’t. I wasn’t that kind of girl. I was the kind you sneaked around with, the kind who was only exciting if it meant sneaking around.
— Apr 28, 2018 06:39PM
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C Jia Ming
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Lust you could ignore. Lust you could forget. But this was way worse. I was in love with him, and he was never, ever off my mind.
— Apr 28, 2018 06:32PM
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C Jia Ming
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”Where are you right now?” he asked. “Home? Let me come over.”
No freaking way. “No. I’m in bed.”
There was a pause. “Oh, then definitely let me come over.”
He said it like a joke, but I knew better. If he came over, that would be the end of all my good intentions.
“No.”
“Tess—”
— Apr 28, 2018 09:52AM
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No freaking way. “No. I’m in bed.”
There was a pause. “Oh, then definitely let me come over.”
He said it like a joke, but I knew better. If he came over, that would be the end of all my good intentions.
“No.”
“Tess—”
C Jia Ming
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He sighed in relief. “Thank God. The only reason I’m not at your door right now is because I realized I don’t know where you live.” He stopped. “I don’t even know where you live, Tess.”
— Apr 28, 2018 09:50AM
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C Jia Ming
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Hey, Mom, just wondering how you feel about me sleeping with my sister’s boyfriend. Think it violates Dad’s rules? What if we just don’t tell her? After all, it’s worked for you all these years.
I threw my arm over my face to muffle my cry of frustration.
Mom, I’m screwing up. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to be that girl. But I love him. What do you do if you love him?
— Apr 28, 2018 09:49AM
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I threw my arm over my face to muffle my cry of frustration.
Mom, I’m screwing up. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to be that girl. But I love him. What do you do if you love him?
