Wayne got out of the car, stepping right into my path. "Rea, just know that, no matter what, you'll always be like
a sister to me."
| dropped my gaze, bitterness twisting in my chest. Why was it that the people needed to care always drifted
away, while the ones | didn't want near kept showing up?
| clenched my fists, trying to block out Chadwick's words echoing in my mind: 'Hayden will be marrying Yara
Drago.
"Rea?" Wayne's voice snappedback to the present
1 looked at him, but my mind was miles away.
"Rea, my dad's actions are unforgivable. As his son, | can't excuse him, but I'll do my best to make it right. | know
nothing we say or do can really fix what we put you through. But we'll keep trying." Wayne said, sounding as
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So | just nodded. "Fine. Just... be there if | ever actually need help."
"Do you need help now?" Wayne asked.
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Right then, a cab pulled up. I lifted my hand and gestured to it. "There. No need to trouble you."