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Kyle did back down when Tallyho pushed him back, surprisingly more gently than he did with Harper earlier. There was something in the way she held herself or the steely tone of her voice that scared him a little. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. His mind provided. There had never been any evidence that Tallyho ever liked Harper, but she obviously didn't have to like him to feel that scorn. She hated him from the beginning, just like Kyle.

"I have a billion things to do that you dumb kids can never understand" was Harper's first complaint, and he never stopped complaining about them. Harper was always a million times better than anyone else ever born, in his own mind. Tallyho hit him dead on. The only thing the selfish bastard could say was it's not my fault I'm such a lousy person. My daddy never loved me... blah blah blah. Guess what, Harper, I never even knew my real daddy, but I don't cry about it. He thought about saying that, but seriously his family history wasn't any of that bastard's business. Kyle didn't want any pity for it either, so why did anyone else in that room need to know?

The jabs that bastard kept throwing his way pissed him off more. Jabs about his fears, his friends, and shoving his previous relationship with Skylar out there like a weapon against him. Every single person Harper ever met was just a tool for his own purposes, a toy to play with until he got bored. Skylar didn't deserve that. Skylar never deserved it! Xabier was an idiot to be with this arrogant bastard, but Kyle didn't think he deserved being used and thrown away either. Obviously, Tallyho would disagree with him, but he still didn't want to give up yet.

"Who cares what your stupid daddy did? You, yourself are the only person responsible for your own actions. My daddy taught me that. If I do something stupid, I have to pay the consequences whatever they are. You too have to pay the consequences for your actions and choices in the last three years and beyond. Guess what? That's what your looking at right now. Me, Tallyho and everyone else hate your guts because of your own actions. We don't care about your daddy issues."

The shorter blond turned his back completely to the selfish bastard without throwing the punch that bastard was asking for. He refused to be played like the others. Instead he paced over to Skylar again who was obviously uncomfortable. "I'm sorry for putting you in an uncomfortable position. Can you forgive me?"