The Art of Giving Up
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He was a son worth nothing in a family worth everything.
Deren Whiley. The disappointment of the family. The black sheep. The one his parents wish they never had. The one you warn your daughters to stay away from.
Bipolar. Never smiles. Got into fights. Smoked and drinked. He saw the world in grey. He couldn't be happy. But his life was perfect. His parents had money and his brothers were perfect too. Why was he so different? Because he was hiding a terrible secret.
But he would go unnoticed. Unbothered. Because nobody cared. So Deren would fall. He would fall heavy like the pouring rain.
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