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and up from where I'm sitting on the couch. Usually, I w

ch now, come to think of it, is not what a lawyer and therapist can normall

s calmly...way too calmly, and places his hand over mum's, who nods at me like she has b

know about you, and we pl

and drag my fingers through m

appen to me if-when they kill you guys? What are you goin

fety, we are sending you far away from here. You're gro

t, it has always been you're not old enough yet, so what has

ell me that I have their attention, and I c

by getting rid of me, you're making yourselves invincible right? Because then y

ds up to come to me, but dad

uld know...we

o has to go and start over, like I am the one who made the mistake? I am not just a fucking lia

can they blame me? This information

after finding out that they are criminals who now want

I don't know that the only reason they're telling me

tart. Everything else, we shall send over when you settle. Hugo will take you to the airport, and there will be a plane waiting for you there. You will leave Manha

out with way more confidence than I act

did-everything we are doing is for you, the easier this will be. I'm tired...

, glancing at me over her sho

ou can't make me leave. I hate you both. I fucking hate you," I scr

arents to appear at the top of the staircase and yell April Fool's and then we can all laugh about

oor and rest my head against the cool

ne going to tell me the illumin

My friends? My scholarship at Yale-the only thing I have that is really, truly mine, that nobody has just handed over to me, what about

out, and hug my

f they don't know where the hell I am. Manhattan is littered with

t the wad of allowance money I have stashed under my mattress since junior year

hey would have probably abandoned the whole sending me away idea w

gate that leads right into an alley behind the house. When I am a few blocks do

se," I tell the driver with a s

nd I have to start acting like it. They need to stop cont