Kylie reared back and laughed right in Taryn's face. "I'm nothing to him! He made that clear when he left and didn't have the f*****g courtesy to tell me! So go ahead, do your worst! It still won't equal what your toxic a** brother did to me!!" Taryn stepped back, clearly shaken. It all started making sense. Kylie's personality flip and sudden spiral of self-destructive behaviors were a desperate bid for control. I recognized it instantly because it was my own survival tactic. I used to provoke my father constantly, taking a spiteful pleasure in making him snap—even when I knew the inevitable beating would put me in bed for days. Now that Venom is completely out of the picture, Kylie's going to do whatever she can to hurt him for not only lying to her, but leaving her without any closure

