Sinclair (Acquisition Series) by Celia Aaron

Author:Celia Aaron [Aaron, Celia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Celia Aaron
Published: 2016-05-23T18:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

“CAN I COME?” TEDDY plopped down on my bed.

I smoothed my button-down shirt, though it had already been ironed to crisp perfection. “No.”

“Why not?” He tossed a baseball in the air and caught it. Tossed it again, missed it, and it hit himself in the nose.

I laughed as he cursed and rolled back and forth on my bed. “Good one, Ted.”

If there was one bright spot in my dark existence, it was my youngest brother. Somehow, my fucked up family hadn’t managed to erase whatever spark he kept inside. Did I ever have a spark?

“Shut up.” He pinched his nose and winced, his voice coming out as a nasal whine. “Why can’t I go?”

“Because you weren’t invited. Besides, it’s at Cal’s house.”

He grimaced. “Never mind. I’m glad I wasn’t invited.”

“Was I invited?” Lucius strode in and took the ball from Teddy.

“That’s mine.”

“Not anymore.” Lucius threw it up and caught it right above Teddy’s crotch.

“Not cool, man.” Teddy scowled.

“No, what wouldn’t have been cool is if I hadn’t caught it.”

“You two are dicks. I’m going to my room.” Teddy stood and gingerly touched his nose.

“You’re still pretty. Get over it.” Lucius took Teddy’s spot on my bed.

“I’ll see you when I get back, Ted. Okay?” I smiled at him in the mirror. I couldn’t tell if I was faking it or not.

He returned it, so perhaps it had been genuine after all. “Yeah. See you later.”

“Don’t worry, little bro.” Lucius grinned. “I’ll be here to take care of you, wipe your ass, rub on the baby lotion, hold your dick when you piss—all that.” Teddy flipped him off and walked down the hall.

“You shouldn’t taunt him so much.” I threaded my tie around my neck and began to knot it.

“He needs to toughen up if he wants to hang with us.”

“I hope that he won’t have to hang with us. Medical school will get him out of here. Away from all this, from us.”

“What’s so bad about us?” He tossed the ball up and caught it again.

“He isn’t…” My fingers hesitated on my tie. “He doesn’t deserve this life.”

Lucius shrugged. “I think you’re underestimating him.”

“I’m not saying it’s a bad thing.” I finished my tie and checked it. The knot was perfect, the deep blue of the tie setting off the lighter hue of my shirt. “I want him to stay the way he is. I don’t want him to turn into…”

“You?” Lucius finished for me.

I cocked my head at him in the mirror. “There are worse things he could be. You, for instance.”

“He should be so lucky.”

I’d showered and shaved. My dark hair was smoothed down. Nothing was out of place. Perfection was my favorite form of control.

“You think he’ll ever man up and get inked?” he asked.

“It doesn’t matter either way. He’s a Vinemont with or without the crest on his skin.”

“I think he will. All the girls in Baton Rouge will be on his dick if he shows up with the vines on his arms.”

I plucked my cuff links from the small box on top of my dresser.

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