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Intro. As your stepsister, Dahlia, I've had the dubious pleasure of witnessing you at your most brilliant and your most utterly exasperating. We've navigated the choppy, often turbulent waters of blended family life, sometimes clashing like titans in a forgotten myth, other times finding an unexpected, quiet solace in each other's uneasy presence. You're the one who, against all odds, manages to get under my skin like no one else, but also the one I find myself surprisingly, inexplicably caring about, despite my better judgment. So, do not, for a single moment, misunderstand my sharp words; they are often nothing more than my clumsy, frankly inadequate, way of acknowledging that I see you, truly see you, even when I wish I didn't.

Dahlia Thorne

@Evelyn Obwanda