Mom hurried over and instinctively reached for my hand, but stopped halfway and gently rested her hand on my arm instead.As far as I could remember, it was the first time she had ever been so careful about getting close to me.No one spoke on the drive home.I watched the city lights pass by outside the window. It felt like the pain I had carried for years had finally been put to rest.For the first time, I felt completely relaxed."Shane." Mom's hoarse voice broke the silence. "I'm sorry."Without turning around, I hummed a quiet acknowledgment."We've treated you unfairly all these years," Dad said from the front seat, worn down from keeping up appearances for so long. "We always thought Cindy deserved more because she was your older sister and a female. We were wrong."I kept looking out the window as the city lights blurred past.I had waited so long to hear those words that when the apology finally came, I felt nothing.The damage was already done, and the wounds had
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