"Does Mom know?"

"No one knows," Liam said.

"God, that had to be so hard," I said. I put my arm around my brother, and I felt his body melt into mine. "To see it. To have to keep that secret. You didn't have to do that for him. He doesn't deserve it. How could he cheat on Mom like that?"

"I don't know," Liam said. "It made me so angry. Not only seeing that but watching him be so cruel to Mom. And then everything else. School stuff. Life stuff. You stuff."

"Me stuff?" I stepped back. "What did I do?" I glared at Liam, but he just looked...