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Grisly Longbones 
"I AM happy," Alex insisted. "Obviously I didn't want you to feel unhappy or unwanted. I just...I don't know. It's one thing to be happy that your sibling is happy, and another to be happy even though they're enjoying their life in a totally different family," he explained. He bit his lip and looked at his shoes. Gosh darnit, he hated this truth potion, if he knew she was going to grill him like this he never would have agreed to it!
"And I guess it's a bit harder for me because...well, I JUST met my dad. It explains a lot, but it's not like you and Lafay, this is a TOTAL stranger entering my life after my mum passed away and I'm having a bit of a hard time adjusting to it all. You just jumped right in to it, happy as a clam," he said with a shrug. ok, that was a bit of an exaggeration, especially when she reminded him of the kidnapping.
"Honestly...I was scared and confused and didn't know what was going on. I feel like I was totally alone then--that woman was NOT my mother. She just...lost it. I know that's no excuse and I'm not trying to justify her actions but...I don't know. I was just so NUMB. None of it felt like it was real because I just couldn't believe she had actually done that. And I was scared for you because I didn't want you to be hurt. And then, just like that, Mum was gone, and I was left with Anna and Cale and some man who was calling himself my father that I didn't even know existed," he explained.
Sierra couldn't really say anything at first. All she did was bite her bottom lip and just nod a few times. She was honestly started to regret asking him about this. He was under the effects of a truth serum, and things were starting to get INTENSE. She really was in a totally different family, and up until now, she really hadn't stopped long enough to think about that.
Really think about it.
"Maybe you and I should try to hang out a little more, Alex. I mean, we should see each other on holidays and during the summer," she said.
"Anna, too. Maybe it would do us some good." "You know, Alex, when my mom moved in, and especially when I was adopted, I just wanted to forget my old life and move on. My old life was too painful," she said.
"I shouldn't have pushed you and Anna away, though, and I'm sorry." Why hadn't she seen this sooner? WAIT. Hold up. All her thoughts came to a screeching halt. What did she just say.
"She'd DEAD?" Sierra asked. All she'd even known of her birth mother was that she'd up and disappeared. Now she knew what her mom meant when she said Sierra would never be hurt again.
...but he was right. Bella had gone off the deep end, and Sierra hated her for it. She'd never gotten along with her, but she'd never hated her either. Now, she despised the woman's very existence. Or, lack thereof. She was DEAD?!