“Yeah, you can take that ‘but’ and shove it up your arse,” Talia said. “You should have just stopped at ‘you’re not to blame,’ because I am not the one at fault here. They are—the paparazzi are to blame—and you are too. If you had told me what was going on instead of trying to ‘protect’ me—” Talia used air quotes to obnoxiously prove her point— “then I wouldn’t have been so blindsided and we could have come up with an action plan together. But no. You thought you were the only one who could solve this problem, and you proved to me you are just like Dad.”

     “Hang on...