I liked the FL a lot. The ML, however, gave me a real pain. He’d start acting really decent and and then claim that she was a liar and a gold digger. It’s as though he’s one of those people (and I have personal experience of them) that acts really nice just to draw you in, so they can kick you to the curb. It’s a control and manipulation mechanism, similar to gaslighting. The beloved little brother is a different kettle of rotten fish. He wants to make his beloved sister happy as she fought and sacrificed since she was a young teenager to raise him and keep him out of child services. So he hangs out with slimebags and gambles every penny he gets his hands on (all for her sake???). He saddles her with a huge debt she nearly works herself to death trying to repay and never communicates with her. Sorry to be such an intolerant and judgmental jerk, but "loving" little bro is a total POS.
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