Page 39 of All You Need Is Love

Quinn held her ground, her chin held high, no trace of trembling.

“I know your real boyfriend broke up with you.” Shannon kept her voice as steady as she could despite some shaking, as if speaking to a spooked horse. “Why are you lying to all of us?”

Her sister’s chin dipped for a split second as she studied Shannon. Her mouth opened then closed before she shook herself and narrowed her gaze again. “Don’t worry about it. Just keep your mouth shut, all right?”

“You should come clean. Tyler, Mom, Dad … they won’t care that you—”

“I’d hate for it to come out that you were attempting to steal my boyfriend. Imagine how that would look to the foster care agency.”

“What?” Shannon blinked. “But I’m not. You don’t even have a boyfriend.”

“Appearances are all that matter in this world, little sister.”

“But—”

“I’m glad you see this my way.” And without a backward glance, Quinn stormed from the room.

With a gasp in her throat, Shannon sank back against the bed, head spinning, limbs numb and depleted. Somehow, despite her deeper desire to connect, she’d just picked a fight with the woman who never lost one.

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