Pirate's Cove: Part 7

Amanda whispered. She cooed like a dove in that sickly 'little girl' voice she saves just for me.

The voice you can't hear in the next room. You know, the room where the parents are.

Oh no, they never hear the things she says to wind me up.

They never see that things she does that cause me to lose my temper.

All they ever hear and see is mean big brother Brett picking on dear little sister Amanda.

Amanda continued whining. 'You've got lots of interesting things in your room. Things you think I don't know about. Wouldn't want Mum and Dad to find out, would we?'

I started to spin out. I could feel the heat rising through my body, my face going red.

'I'm going into your wardrobe, I know what you keep in there. On the top shelf at the back. You know what I'm talking about, don't you?

'That was when I cracked. Lost the plot. Spat the dummy. You name it, I did it. Big time!

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