For s_ixteen y.ears_(, Stephani e has lived with a guilt she never des$ erved — her mot`her di=-/ed. giving b@^irth t@ o her.$ Neglected by he^r =fathe -r, Morris, an.
.d des?-/pised b;y her brother, A\lexander — she cling;s+ to# the :(onl;y ,/warmth Al@exand-er eve
.)r  *gave h\@^er. Bu t wh]en their co ;u;%sin Abiga,il
` mo(.ves+ in, even Alexander turns-!- `on he)@`[r, wishin !;.g she were the one who $h [#ad\\= die`/d. An!d in a way, he_-= gets hi(s wish ??when Stephanie is diag.nosed wit]:h;+ cancer. But aft%*_e%r her dea+th, it's Alex?: and)er's wor),ld that b % egins to fall ap] :a:r;!t.