Me
I am. I’m sorry that I hurt our relationship. I’m sorry that I came off so strong. In my head, I was trying to protect you.
Star
From what? Big bad wolves lurking in the bushes waiting to jump out and blow my house down?
Me
More like big bad men waiting for you to be vulnerable enough to take advantage of.
Star
Fuck off. I can take care of myself. So, yes, I’m still mad at you, and I’ll continue to be until you say you’re sorry and MEAN IT!
Me
Please, sis, I’ll shut up about it. I promise.
Really, how long could she hold a grudge for? I mean, it’d been weeks since I got on her case about that shit, and she wasstillupset. It fascinated me as much as it aggravated me.
Star
It isn’t about that one single incident
News to me.
Me
Then what is it about?
Star
You’ve always been overbearing. You used to suck the fun out of anything and everything with the idea that one of us would get hurt or do something stupid. I thought you’d gotten better as we’d gotten older. Instead, you only proved the opposite. I called you because I trusted you, and all I got was a lecture in response
Flopping onto my bed, I dialed Crescent without even sending Star a response.
“What’s up?”
“Hey, are you with Elio?”
“Yeah, why?”
“Put me on speaker.”
“Uh, okay. Hold on.” There was some shuffling before he cleared his throat. “Okay, we’re both here.”
Elio chimed in. “Hi, Moon.”
“Hi, El. Have I always been overbearing?”
There was a pause before Crescent finally spoke. “What?”
Sighing, I wrapped my blanket around myself. “When you guys were kids. Was I overbearing?”
Crescent cleared his throat. “You were kind of intense, yeah. You still are, honestly.”
“But,” Elio started. “I think you get it from Mom. She was really protective and sort of in our faces, despite how usually carefree her and Dad are.”
