Destiny Undone 3 by Heartley Amanda

Author:Heartley, Amanda [Heartley, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult romance, Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance, erotic romance
Publisher: Heartley Publishing
Published: 2015-06-24T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six — Pepper

Mills sat on the edge of my bed and looked a little put out by my behavior. “What are you doing, Pepper? Why did you send Gabe away?”

“Leave it, Mills. I don’t want to talk about it right now. You wouldn’t understand.”

“Right, because I don’t know anything. I’m just your sister.” It was clear she wasn’t going anywhere by the way she hunkered down on my bed and sat crossed-legged next to me. “You can’t do this, Pepper. Don’t push the people who love you away. It’s not our fault this happened but we’re here for you.”

I smashed the pillow with my fist and buried my face in it. Last night I’d cried for hours, but apparently there was no end to my tear supply. Mills stroked my hair with her petite hand as she tried to comfort me. “You seemed okay yesterday when you got back from Aven’s. What happened since?”

My heart broke inside my chest. How could I explain how I felt about all this? I was an orphan, a ship without a sail. I turned on my side and wiped the tears from my eyes.

“I can’t pretend this didn’t happen, Mills. I’m not an Anderson—I’m not even your real sister. Who knows who I really am?”

“Does it really matter?”

“What do you mean? Of course it matters.”

“Really? Regardless of who your biological parents are, you are my sister and if I remember correctly, it was you who taught me how to swim. You were the one who showed me how to put on eye makeup and I’m pretty sure it was you that taught me how to drive, how to cook a panini, how to pass my English lit class. That’s what a sister does and you did that, Pepper. You’ll always be my sister, so shut up about it. It’s like you don’t want to be my sister anymore or something.” Her big eyes filled with tears and her bottom lip trembled.

I sat up on the bed and put my arms out to her. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that. Of course I want to be your sister. I love you.” I hugged her for a long time.

“Now tell me why you sent Gabe away.” I told her the whole sorry story about Gabe’s unfriendly mother—and about Sophie. “Gee, that doesn’t sound like Gabe at all. He’s so…so…honest.”

“Men aren’t always what they seem, Mills, and the sooner you figure that out the better off you’ll be.”

“You sound like Mom when you talk like that.” I curled my lip up in a snarl and shook my head. “Listen, Pepper, I know you have a lot going on but I…” My phone rang on the nightstand and I snatched it up, secretly praying it was Gabe, but it wasn’t. The text was from Church.

Thinking about you, sexy lady. Are we still friends?

A few days ago I wouldn’t have answered his text, but what did I have to lose now? Obviously, I wasn’t good enough for Mr.

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