Deceit of the Stepbrothers by Stephanie Brother

Author:Stephanie Brother [Brother, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

I’m rushing to work the next day. My driver stopped a few blocks away because the traffic was insane, and at this exact moment, I’m cursing every driver in the city as I stumble towards the building in my too high heels.

“Emme.”

One word.

One name.

It stops me in my tracks and I turn around, wobbling on my suddenly shaky feet.

He comes out of a side alley, his hands deep in the pockets of that coat he always wears. His head is down, his eyes hooded with tiredness, sadness, and God knows what else.

But I see right past all of that. I see my Blane.

The man who loved me like a sister, and like a woman as well.

The man who made love to me.

The man who fucked me. Literally, and figuratively.

I whimper, because he’s everything and I am nothing and I can’t form coherent sentences in his presence.

“Can we talk?” he asks in a husky voice.

And even though all my senses yell at me to say no, even though I know it’s a bad idea, I find myself nothing.

Because the ugly truth is …

I would do anything, give everything, for another minute of time with my stepbrother. My lover.

***

We settle in a booth at a coffee place not far away from my building – our building – and we order breakfast. I just go for a chai latte, because I can’t picture eating anything in his presence. Even opening my mouth to order the drink seems to be giving me trouble.

Blane is silent as he drinks his tea, and my glass just sits steaming in front of me. All I can do is stare at him in wonder. I don’t know why he even wants to talk – he hasn’t said a word since we got here.

“So?” I ask impatiently, my words sounding harsher than I mean them to. He flinches and it hurts. It hurts so bad, and yet I can’t make it better. Only he can do that.

He finally looks at me. “I came to tell you something.”

“Yes?” I ask, holding my breath, my hands crossed in my lap.

He pulls his own hands out of his pockets and I fully expect him to reach over for me. But instead, he pulls out a thick envelope and places it on the table in front of me.

I look down, feeling confused. “What’s that?” I wonder.

“It’s for you.” He motions for me to take it.

I do as he suggests and peek inside the paper.

There’s money in there.

A lot of it.

“What is this?” I ask, feeling genuinely confused.

Blane refuses to meet my eye again. “I know you’re taking care of Aiden,” he says roughly. “That’s … that’s all I have.”

He must feel my confusion, because he clears up what he meant with his next words. “Money for him,” he says. “To take care of my brother.”

And in that moment, rage boils inside me. I look at Blane, and for the first time that day, I realize he looks like shit. His eyes are

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