Unfinished Business: A Bastards of Boston Novel by Carina Adams

Author:Carina Adams [Adams, Carina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Adams
Published: 2017-07-25T18:30:00+00:00

20

Cris

“I’m just gonna say it once, then we never have to talk about it again.”

I nodded at my brother, knowing what he was going to say before he uttered a word, but so relieved that he was talking to me that I didn’t care. This had always been our thing. We said what was on our mind, let the other know how we felt, and then moved on. I missed it. I missed him.

“Shoot.”

“Robert Doyle just kissed you. In front of me.”

I fought a smile at Matty’s obvious discomfort. “That was hardly a kiss.”

Matt wasn’t listening. “Rob. My best friend. The dude you once told me you hated with the fire of a thousand suns.”

I snorted. “I was in my Heath Ledger phase at the time.”

He’d opened his mouth to say something else but closed it slowly and gave me a look that told me he thought I was insane. With a shake of his head, he rolled his eyes. “What?”

I shrugged. “That quote. It’s from “10 Things I Hate About You.” A romcom.”

“Of course it is.” He chuckled humorlessly. Then he shook his head again. “I’m a fucking idiot.”

“Because you should have recognized the quote?” I shrugged. “It’s not really your type of movie. No one dies. Nothing gets blown up. No one gets hurt, other than the ‘my balls guy.’”

He laughed at that and stepped close, hugging me. “God, I missed you.”

I held him tight, understanding completely. Some days, it was like we were two little kids and best friends again. Others, it felt like the man who’d gotten out of juvie was a stranger.

“So, why are you an idiot?”

He rolled his shoulders. “My best friend and my baby sister. I never saw it coming.”

“There was nothing to see.”

“Clearly.” He didn’t believe me.

“There wasn’t,” I offered meekly, unsure of what else I could say.

“Yeah. That’s why you just moved in with him, huh?” He rubbed his thumb along his jaw. “That’s why the man who won’t even look at a woman, any woman—no matter how fuckin’ fine she is—is now living with you. Obviously, there was nothing for me to see years ago.”

I opened my mouth, desperate to tell him the truth, but then closed it. He couldn’t know. All it would take was one slip, one word from Matt, and everything would fall apart.

I’d learned a long time before that when you had to lie, when you had to cover something up, you should stick to the truth as much as possible. That way, it was less obvious.

“There was nothing to see because there was nothing there. Not until recently.” I swallowed. “Rob makes me feel safe.”

Hurt flashed across my brother’s face.

I rushed to continue. “This wasn’t planned. Neither of us went behind your back. Neither of us lied to you. I hated him last week.”

“Exactly!” Matty pointed a finger in my direction. “That’s what I’m talking about.” He lapped his bottom lip, frowning in concentration. “There are people I hate. I detest Ali. I hope she’s fucking miserable.

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