LOGIN“Good morning, Dad.” Ryder says, in a very chipper voice.“Good morning, Curtis.” I say. Curtis smiles. “Are you guys hungry? I can whip you up something to eat real quick.”Ryder laughs. “We were actually coming downstairs to cook some breakfast.”“Are you hungry?” I ask Curtis.He nods his head back and forth. “Yeah, a little. You guys don’t have to worry about me though. I can make myself something.”I laugh. “We are going to make enough for everyone. I’m sure Reece and Raikin will be hungry when they wake up.”Curtis smiles at me. “Well, thank you. I will just have some of whatever you guys cook.”Ryder smiles and turns to me. “Pancakes, eggs and bacon?”I nod. “Yeah, that sounds good. I can do the pancakes, if you will do the bacon and eggs.” I say, giving him a sweet smile. I hate cooking bacon. I love eating it but hate cooking it. I always manage to burn myself.Ryder smiles. “That sounds perfect.”I go to the pantry and get the pancake mix, then I grab a bowl from the cabine
“What?” I ask, surprised. I mean I want to spend more time with them too, but I don’t want him to drop out of school because of me. “Are you serious?” Ryder asks, just as surprised as I am. Raikin smiles. “I’ve been thinking about it a lot. I really don’t want to go back to school. I don’t want to be away from you for that long.”I stand up from my bed and walk over to him. I grab his hands in mine and look up at him. “I don’t want to be away from you that long either, but I don’t want you to drop out of school because of me. I can’t ask you to do that.”Raikin squeezes my hands, smiling down at me. “You didn’t ask me baby. I want to do it.”I don’t even know what to say. I don’t want him to go back to school, I really don’t. I don’t want him to throw away all his hard work either though, especially not because of me.“Raikin you can’t do that. You don’t have very much longer left and then you will be graduating, same as me.” Reece says. Raikin shrugs. “I don’t really care about sc
“I still feel bad; I just didn’t want everything to happen like this.” I whisper, looking down at the table. Curtis doesn’t say anything for a second and I look up only to find him looking at me sympathetically. “Come here Lilly.” He says, motioning for me to come over to him. I stand up slowly and make my way over there. Curtis puts his hands on my shoulders and smiles at me. “There is nothing to feel bad about. You helped me do something that needed to be done. After hearing the way your mother talked to you, and seeing the way she treated you it was pretty clear to me. She was not the kind of woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Nothing you did or said would have changed that, the only thing you did was help me get rid of her faster. I don’t want you feeling guilty, okay?”I nod my head slowly. “Okay.” I whisper and he smiles at me, pulling me into a tight hug. “I will see you guys in the morning, try to get some rest. I love you guys, and I do mean all of you.” He s
Curtis laughs. "Well for starters the three of you constantly stare at her, and I saw the way she looks at you guys. You three always had to go check on her together, telling me three is better than one." Curtis rolls his eyes and I laugh. "You guys also need to work on your whispering. I could hear you guys flirting with her all the time. You aren’t very good at hiding it. Plus, every time I mentioned a boyfriend, or Logan or anything like that, the three of you looked like you wanted to punch someone. So, honestly I should have known the three of you were dating her, but I guess I'm just too old and boring to think of something like that."We all start laughing. “Well, you are old and boring dad. We probably should have tried a little harder to hide our feelings for her though.” Ryder says, smiling at me. “Well, I wish you guys would have told me about your relationship. I understand wanting to keep it a secret though. I do have a couple of more questions about it.” Curtis says, lo
My eyes go wide with panic. My heart sinks into my stomach and I kind of feel like I'm going to throw up. What no? He's not kicking me out right? He can't be. I- He wouldn't. His sons would never forgive him if he did. I look at Reece who looks just as surprised and panicked as I do. Ryder and Raikin look like they are ready to punch someone. Curtis is kicking me out. Mom is smirking, giving me the kind of look that says she just won the lottery. I guess she finally got what she wanted a nice, rich man that chooses her over me, just like the rest of her loser boyfriends she has had in the past. I really thought Curtis was different. A fresh stream of tears roll down my face and I take a deep breath trying to hold back the rest of my tears that are threatening to fall. I don't want to give Mom the satisfaction of seeing me upset. I know this is what she wanted, she has wanted this all along. She probably would have left me at our old house all alone if it didn't make her look like a
Curtis finally gains control of his coughing and grabs her arm. "Carolyn! This is not the place for this. We will talk at home." He whisper yells. "Are you okay with this?" She screeches, looking at Curtis with a bewildered expression. Curtis doesn't say anything, he just motions for the waiter to bring our check and I stand up from the table. Leaving mom sitting there with that disgusted look on her face. Reece, Ryder and Raikin all follow me out of the restaurant and the second we step outside I start apologizing. "I am so sorry. I shouldn't have done it like that. I wasn't planning on telling them that way. I just snapped." I ramble. The three of them start laughing and I look between the three of them confused. Why are they laughing? Aren’t they mad at me? I would probably be mad at me if I wasn’t so pissed at my mom right now. Reece grabs my hand. “Baby. Calm down. It’s okay.” “It is?” I ask, genuinely surprised. Reece laughs. “Yes. It’s okay. I am glad you told them, plus
"Raikin hates me now. Why don't you hate me? Aren't you three sort of a package deal now that we are all together?" Lilly asks, and I can tell she is trying hard not to cry again."Raikin doesn't hate you baby. Even if he did hate you, it wouldn't affect the way I feel about you baby. You didn't do
"You didn't tell them you were hanging out with me?" Logan asks and I can't tell if he's mad."No. We had all said goodnight and went to bed already, and I didn't know we were going to be out all night."Logan chuckles. "Sorry about that last part.""Don't be. I had lots of fun, I wouldn't change i
I take his hand, sitting down close beside him on the blanket. Close enough our thighs touch. Logan throws the other blanket over our laps and I smile at him. Did he plan this or does he always keep blankets on hand just in case? I look out at the water, the moon is reflecting off the small ripple
I hesitate trying to think of how to answer that without upsetting them. I don't want them to be mad at me. Before I can answer Ryder chimes in. "No I did that, when I did the one on her neck."I furrow my eyebrows and turn to look at him. Why did he take the blame for it? Is he upset at me or does







