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XANDER’S POV

I was already irritated before the day even began. Every time I had to go home, I felt that same heaviness settle in my chest. My mom had called, saying I needed to come over to the house and I knew it wasn't optional. Still, It didn't mean I had to like it.

"I just bet why she insists I come back," I grumbled to Adeline as I drove her to the airport. "It's the same thing every time. That girl is there, always causing trouble."

Adeline sighed beside me, giving me a side glance that said she had heard this all before. "Xander, she's your sister. I'm sure your mum just wants you to get along. It can't be that bad."

She was only speaking this way because she hadn't experienced first-hand a situation like this. If she had, I doubted she would be this optimistic about what was going on in my family even after I had told her yesterday.

She seemed like she had understood what I had said to her but if clear from the foregoing that she hadn't. I gripped the steering wheel tigh