He was always worrying about me — even when we were kids. If I scraped my knee or fell off my bike, he was the first one to help me up and make sure Mom got a Band-Aid.” “I remember.” I smile. “He was the quintessential big brother.” “He was. But that’s just it — he’s not here to protect me anymore, Anna. And you don’t have to be, either. I know I let stuff get crazy. I didn’t mean to be like that — it just kind of happened. You couldn’t have changed that. I — it was something I had to go through myself.” My throat tightens. “I felt like I let him down, ” I say. “All that stuff with smoking and Johan and Jake — I didn’t take care of you. I couldn’t even keep that one simple promise.” “Anna, my brother died. There’s no way you could protect me from that. It’s up to me, now. I let him down. I let me down. . Sarah Ockler
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