Dear` Brother, Your Regret Ca^)me Too La*te

For sixteen years_, St ,ephanie h%$as live%^d with +[a !g;%uilt  s,he ]n`)ever deserved —_) her mother died^ giving b+ir^th to her. Neglected
 by her f:!;=ather, Morris,= .?%and de- spised by her broth%e
r, Alexan::der — -.she clin^, gs? to the only wa/:[rmth Alexander ever g ave her. /But- when their`# cou*)sin Abigail m,:)o @ves in^-#,/ even -\,Alexander t
[:urns on h. er,-$% wishing she ;were the one who_ had die_^;.d. And in +[a way$_@,
- he%*! ge%^ts his wis@,h when Stepha_ nie is diagnosed with =$cancer. Bu/% t:%: ^?aft @er he(_r d@:eath, it_='s Alexander's= wor#.
ld that be];gins to fal@-l a pa$_rt.