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My stomach dropped straight to the floor at the sight of my mother. “Mom-” I tried to speak, but she cut me off.
“Did you force yourself on her?” She cried, her voice cracking. “Did you start touching her when she was too young to understand that it was wrong? Did you-”
“No!” The word ripped out of me, raw and hoarse, and my father grabbed her arms, trying to pull her back, but she wouldn’t calm down. “Marina, control yourself-” She didn’t even hear him as she shoved against him, her voice rising louder and more hysterical.
“You are older than her!” she spat. “You were supposed to be her protector, her big brother…”
Her words hit me like blows.
“She trusted you! We trusted you! You were supposed to make sure others didn’t take advantage of her! And instead, you’re the one who go
