Fade Back (A Stepbrother Romance Novella) by Brother Stephanie

Author:Brother, Stephanie [Brother, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-28T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Becka refused to think of what to do about her discovery. Her father, with whom she had a standing once a week brunch date each Sunday, was away on a business trip to London, so she didn’t want to bother him. He’d been married two times since Becka’s mother passed away when she was only five. The first time, he married an evil bitch named Mandy, when Becka was seven. That union wasn’t long-lived—only one year—much to Becka’s relief. The second time her dad married, three years later, it was to an overly educated college professor Eleanor, who moved into their suburban home and took full control of their up-to-that-point blissful life. She had a son, who was seven years older than Becka. Jerry. Or Fitzgerald, as Becka now realized (did she ever know his full name?). Her then pimply and skinny eighteen-year-old stepbrother didn’t get along with his mother and spend most of his time at his dad’s, so it was no wonder that neither of them even recognized each other now. Once he’d graduated from high school, he’d moved away to a different state and never visited, having completely forsaken his relationship with his mother. And Becka now realized she had forgotten that her father’s second wife’s last name was Dixon.

She didn’t blame her stepbrother for not getting along with his mom, since she never managed to find a common ground with her stepmother either. As far as she remembered, Eleanor kept in touch with her son via emails and occasional texts, and a few times she’d flown out to see him.

Judging by the photos Becka had found in the ‘Mother’ folder on Fitz’s phone, their strained relationship never recovered. All the pictures were old, and none of them showed the mother and the son together.

Her dad never mentioned Jerry either, so it was no wonder that Becka had no clue who Fitz was when she came to his tattoo studio.

But what to do now? She’d had sex with her stepbrother. More than once. Eleanor was going to blow her lid when she found out. And what about dad? What is he going to say?

Which is how Becka found herself getting ready to go out again. To force the unending questions out of her mind. To stop obsessing about what to do. Because she had no clue.

Fitz was probably right about her being just a kid. This was what she knew, and she couldn't change just because some cute guy had a few heart-warming insights about her personality. She was a party girl. She liked dancing. She liked flirting with cute guys and drinks and VIP lounges. She liked taut pecs and thin shirts and pretty faces. She was going out tonight, and Jerome was helping her get ready. Becka tried to ignore the realization that in place of Jerome’s black eyes she persistently saw Fitz’s swampy green ones, and simply loaded on more pre-going out drinks.

They rolled into Lux looking good, and more than a little drunk.

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