IRENE My ears rang at her words, jaw hung loose as I stared with my heart palpating in my chest. She was shivering, hugging her arms as the forbidden words spilled from her mouth. No one blinked. No one moved a muscle. The fear in her voice worsened the tension in the room and in her eyes, I saw the horror of the unspeakable. The air grew thicker, as the weight of her words settled like a foot against our throats. Aunt had her hand over her mouth, frozen in shock as Ralph made a fist by his sides, his face tight with anger and something else as he lowered his head. It was in shame. "I couldn't stop him. He was too strong-" she trembled again. Her voice broke and her tears spilled over like a tap left to run. "I don't buy this. You expect me to believe you didn't throw yourself on him?" I said calmly but the anger in my voice was evident. "Yes," she shot her chin up, looking me dead in the eye as she said, "Karson was never mine to begin with. I knew the implications of sleepin
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