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here,” he says,
glancing around. “Did Dad decide to splash all that money on
you?”
    “Zac, who is it?” Catalina calls out from
the kitchen when she hears Dillon’s voice.
    “And who might that be?” Dillon’s eyes light
up with malicious delight, shooting straight towards the
kitchen.
    I really dislike his eyes. They’re so red,
like he’s always hung over. I bet it’s due to his binge drinking
and pot smoking.
    “My brother, Catalina,” I shout back, hoping
she won’t come in to investigate. Except she damn does.
    Catalina comes into the lounge, takes one
look at Dillon, gives him a smile that doesn’t quite reach her
eyes, and then goes straight back to work.
    Catalina knows of Dillon’s flirtatious
nature, so she’s not too fond of him. She’s always keeping a wary
eye on him, telling me not to follow in his footsteps.
    “A good-for-nothing that boy is.” She often
expresses her opinion to me.
    I hate to admit this of one’s sibling, but
I’m not too fond of him either. He hardly visits, and if he does,
he comes barging in uninvited.
    I go to grab my stuff from the study and sit
in the lounge, ready to start on the homework Ivy gave me,
completely ignoring him.
    “Did you hear what I said, dumb head?”
    Dillon comes and takes my homework while I’m
busy writing my equation.
    “Shit. You’re doing elementary math,” he
criticizes.
    A fuse blows inside me.
    One more word out of him and I swear I’ll
hit him.
    “What do you want anyway?” I ask when he
continues to hang around the room.
    “Can’t I visit you?”
    “Just do whatever you want. I’m busy.”
    “Busy plotting a plan to shackle her?”
    “Dillon!”
    I can’t believe this. How can Mum tolerate
this kind of behavior? I’m so glad I’m not living with him.
    “Okay, fine, fine. Don’t get all pissy with
me, lover boy. I’m famished. Get me a Coke or something.”
    I’m about to snap my pencil in half. “Do it
yourself.”
    “I’ll call on that old lady, then.”
    “No, Dillon.” I stand up and tell him off.
“You want to drink it, you get it yourself.”
    “Fine.” Dillon goes and raids the fridge.
The poor thing will be traumatized once Dillon has his hands on
it.
    “Fuck, Zac,” he shouts, his head still in
the fridge.
    Catalina gives him an angry glare. Dillon
raises his hands in surrender. “Sorry, amigo.”
    I can only shake my head at this idiotic man
that happens to be my half-brother. I want to tell him Catalina is
Italian, not Spanish, but the swear really got to me. I don’t abide
anyone swearing in my house. Shit is fine, but not fuck.
    “Don’t swear in my house.”
    “Ooooo. Since when has the little bad boy
Zachery turned into a saint?” He hits me on the head with the icy
can of Coke in his hand.
    “Just leave, will you. If you have nothing
to do or say here, then just leave.”
    “Fine, stupid head . Just checking up
to see how much of a shithead you’ve grown up to be. And I’m right.
You really have turned into an asshole. See ya later, loser.”
    “Same to you,” I sarcastically lash out.
    I heave a sigh of relief when he disappears
through the exit door. Dropping my homework, I go into the kitchen
and apologize Catalina.
    “You don’t follow his footsteps, Zac.”
Catalina hugs me.
    “Yeah, Catalina. I know.”
    That night, I practice on Elsa a bit more.
When tiredness almost robs me of my sleep, I decide to call it a
day and slip into bed.
    Overall, it was a fun day. But why I can’t
seem to stop thinking about Ivy and how upset and angry she was
really surprises me. And with that thought plaguing my mind, I fall
asleep.

 
    CHAPTER SIX
     
    IVY
     
    The Faceless Truth
     
    He really is a handsome guy. His
face, it’s so flawless. Shouldn’t we teenagers have acne?
    I can’t help but keep praising him as I
stare into his eyes and assess his face. At the moment, he’s
holding on to me tight because the door suddenly opened, startling
me so much that I ended up falling