Graciela’s POV Archer reeled back from me as if I’d slapped him, his head shaking back and forth like he could deny the truth just by refusing to believe it. ‘No’ he growled, ‘your dad loved you! I came to your house all the time, your parents doted on you both, you can’t fake the love that they had for you.’ I met his horror filled gaze, waiting silently as he continued to ramble about how much my parents had loved me. ‘I believe they loved me when Eveleigh was alive’ I said softly, ‘but once she died? Their love for me died with her.’ I closed my eyes for a second, trying to get control of my emotions, I wanted to stop talking but now I’d started it was like a dam and I couldn’t halt the torrent of words falling out of me. ‘About four months after I arrived at Claremont Prep, I got