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“You shouldn’t be so mean to your aunt,” Tatiana said.
Florian and Tatiana stood in an elevator that rose through the Huxley Financial Building at a rapid pace.
Florian ignored her.
“She’s doing the best she can,” Tatiana said. “Besides, her house is pretty nice, isn’t it?”
“I guess,” Florian said.
“The butler has been nothing but friendly to you, and so have the chefs,” Tatiana said. “She didn’t have to take you in. She could have left you on the streets. There are some kids out there in the galaxy who don’t have the luxuries that you have. They’re living in the streets and forests.”
“So?”
“Be nicer to her, is all I’m saying,” Tatiana said.
He had only seen his aunt five times since the funeral. And each time he did see her, it was a quick hug, a “how are you doing, sweetie” an
