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"I feel terrible. You took care of Venus longer than necessary and I'm staying in your home and now you're leaving without me having at least one decent conversation with you," I whined, shifting on the balls of my feet as I stared up at the nice brother.
Jericho fisted his hair and then looped a hair tie around it, "I figured at least one of us three needed to cut you some slack. Anyway, you only think I'm nice because you don't really know me."
"Do you want to kill everyone just because you don't like them?" I sarcastically quizzed with a smile that felt real after so long.
Jericho pretended to give my question some thought, bright green eyes reflecting the afternoon sun, "No, I don't think so."
"And do you spew orders expecting everyone to follow them as if you're God's gift to mankind?" My question dripped with just as much sarcasm as the first one.
Jericho bit back his smile, shaking his head vigorously, "I
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