Sweet_n_Mean
"Ask yourself, Josh, ask yourself!" She took a breath, "If Mom were here, what would she say about what you're doing? What would she think of you?! She hated her Mom! Now we're supposed to live with her?! We're supposed to just pretend like we're okay?"
"No, Drea, but we have nowhere else to go." J grabbed her shoulders, bent down, and looked her in the eye.
" Just please? I don't trust them. Just try not to be alone with any of them. Especially Her." He embraced her in one of his hugs, the special kind, reserved Just for her. His arms up around her head and shoulders, like he could shield her from the world. " I promise, Andrea, I won't let anything happen to you."