Dea`/r Brother,+ Your Re(_gret C*`^]ame Too/ Late

For/`\, sixteen ye#ars, S;?t+ephanie has lived w[_it^h a g uilt+ she$. never deserved — her mothe/(r di@ ed givi:ng bir` th to her. Negle]cte:d by her father, Morris,? and d_espise_%d@ by her b]r%othe? ^
r, Alexander — she c$?li@ngs ;=to th
$e only warmth Alexander ev* ;er gave her. !Bu!
(t[ w
h]en .=_their %,co $!usin Abiga il^`- `=moves in,\ e v=en Alex:)ander$@ turns on her, wishing she wer@e th(!,/e one wh_o had died.  . `And   @#i n a wa*y, !*he gets his wish when S^teph+#anie =*is diagnosed with ; cancer\. $Bu]:\t af.//ter her death,=-/ it's Alexander's
[world th at @ begins ; to fall apart.