I was scarred saving my sister from a fire—years later, she hid me at her wedding, until the groom’s mother said five words that silenced everyone.

glad she didn’t. Any apology she could have offered in that hallway would have been tangled with panic over Daniel, anger at our parents, embarrassment in front of the guests, and fear about what came next. I did not want words she was saying because the consequences had finally become painful for her.

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