Getting There by Lyn Denison

Author:Lyn Denison [Denison, Lyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian
ISBN: 9781594932533
Google: hQ5bYgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1594932530
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2008-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Jess’s blue eyes met Kat’s, and that same ripple of awareness hit Kat somewhere in the vicinity of her heart. All that was in her that was vulnerable began to go on safety alert. She knew in that infinitesimal second that she was falling for Jess, and she needed to build some fairly sturdy defenses against what would very probably only cause her pain. She knew she should put a stop to this, make some excuse that she was tired and send Jess on her way before she got any more involved with her. But, of course, Kat didn’t.

“Our history, Mark’s and mine,” Jess was saying, “goes back over twenty years. Lucas’s, too,” she added softly.

Kat raised her eyebrows.

“We were just kids,” Jess said with a wry smile. “We lived in the same street. Mark and I, that is. Lucas didn’t move in until later. Mark lived next door. He was an only child and there was just my sister, Jen, who’s three years older than me, and me. It was the same old story. We grew up together. Mark and I went to school together. Lucas didn’t move into the street until Mark and I were about nine or so.”

“Lucas is your cousin, right?”

Jess nodded. “His mother and mine are twins.”

“That would account for why you look so much alike. You could be brother and sister,” Kat remarked.

“People have always thought so.” Jess laughed. “But I’m always reminding Lucas he’s my little brother as he’s eight months younger than me.” She sobered. “But our lives couldn’t have been more different. You see, my parents have always had a happy marriage. They’ve been married for nearly forty years and care about each other, whereas Lucas’s parents, well,” Jess wrinkled her nose. “Lucas’s parents’ marriage was pretty rocky right from the start, according to my mother. She said she always suspected all wasn’t well with her sister’s marriage, but she didn’t know how bad it was until they moved into a rented house in our street when Lucas was eight.” Jess shook her head, and a strand of fair hair fell over her forehead. She absently brushed it back behind her ear, frowning at her memories. “What were your parents like?” she asked Kat and Kat grimaced.

“Not cruel but far from kind,” she said as lightly as she could.

“I know how lucky Jen and I were to have the parents we did, and Mark was the same with his parents,” Jess said sincerely. “Poor Lucas. His father was diabolically hard on him. I know my parents were horrified about the way he treated Lucas, but Lucas’s father’s excuse was that he was ‘making a man of the boy’ whatever that means,” Jess finished bitterly. “Lucas’s father would go out drinking then he’d come home and start to verbally abuse my aunt before starting on Lucas. Lucas practically lived at our place to escape it all.”

“It must have been difficult for you all,” Kat said.

“The three of us, Mark, Lucas and I were great friends.

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