15.2: Sunflower, Please

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"You killed your brother," I state/ask, my head somewhere else that's not on my neck. Tobias let's go of Benji's leash and clasps my wrists, teary eyes on my disbelieving ones. "My only brother-" "Oh my God," I say and suddenly the French air I've been breathing makes no sense. "Tobias, let me go-" "I regret it every day of my every cycle, Roseline," he tells me, his shell completely falling off. And I realise, what killed him wasn't nice words and big hearts, it was his brother. "You killed your brother," I repeat like a broken tape. "That's why I was scared to tell you," he blathers, his eyes disappearing under a year's worth of tears. "Oh my God," I shake my head, my lips parted. Tobias blinks at me and shakes his head. "Listen, please," he begs. "It was an accident." "An accide

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