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\u201cShe\u2019s been unconscious for two days, but she didn\u2019t die,\u201d Natalie snapped, inspecting her fingernails. \u201cShe\u2019s going to be fine. You always have to make everything about you, don\u2019t you? Always the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n

I stood up, my chair screeching against the linoleum. \u201cGet out. All of you. Get out of my room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mom\u2019s face crumbled into a mask of martyrdom. \u201cPlease, you can\u2019t mean that. Natalie made a mistake. She didn\u2019t mean any harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA mistake?\u201d I was shaking now, vibrating with the force of my adrenaline. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t a mistake. This was reckless. It was cruel. Get out!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to forgive your sister,\u201d Dad said, his voice dropping into the commanding baritone he used to silence us as children. \u201cFamily forgives family. We do not hold grudges over accidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis wasn\u2019t an accident!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dad moved faster than a man his age should. His hand flashed out, and the sound of the slap rang through the ICU like a gunshot.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s been unconscious for two days, but she didn\u2019t die,\u201d Natalie snapped, inspecting her fingernails. \u201cShe\u2019s going to be fine. You always have to make everything about you, don\u2019t you? Always the victim.\u201d I stood up, my chair screeching against the linoleum. \u201cGet out. All of you. Get out of my room.\u201d Mom\u2019s face crumbled…<\/p>\n

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