[Of course she knows that. It's why she and Jake hadn't told anybody else about the plan, not until it would be too late for Tobias or Cassie to interfere.]

And what, you don't? Just because your aunt and uncle are trash? Is that it?

[It was low, and she knows it, but she's too caught up to care. She's breathing raggedly, starting to tear up. No. No, not now, she can't get weak now, she can't.]

I'm not more important than you just because of my family. You have a family too, Tobias. Not just the useless wastes of skin that you left behind. You have an uncle who actually cares about you, you idiot, and you have your mother-

[...and she hadn't told him about that. Nice one, Rachel.

Ignoring it, moving on.]

So don't you dare tell me that you don't deserve to live.