LOGINSara He stopped and looked at me. “Okay. We do not have to. But let me make you feel good a little more. You were so wet downstairs.”I nodded but my voice shook. “Just a little. Then I go back. This is messing with my head. Step brother basically. What are we thinking?”His fingers slipped inside my underwear and rubbed me. I bit my lip to stay quiet. It felt amazing but guilt sat heavy in my chest. “Renaldo this is wrong. Even if step. Saphira is right down the hall. She is my twin. I pushed her away earlier and now this.”“You are overthinking,” he whispered. He kissed me while his fingers moved. “It feels good right? Forget the labels for a minute.”I gasped and held his arm. “It does feel good. But I feel bad too. Mom’s words keep playing in my head. Extra kid. And now I am in bed with you. Step sibling. I should stop.”He kept going and I got close fast. Emotions mixed up. Want and doubt fighting. When I came I buried my face in his shoulder to muffle it. My body shook but tear
SaraWe froze right there against the counter. Renaldo’s hand stayed under my shirt, fingers warm on my skin. My lips felt swollen from kissing him so hard. Dads voice came through the door again. “Anyone in the kitchen? I thought I heard something.”“Shit,” Renaldo whispered fast. He pulled his hand out quick and my shirt dropped back down. “Act normal. Fuck.”My heart pounded hard. I turned to the fridge, grabbed the milk and started pouring a glass with shaky hands. “Normal? After your hands were all over me? This is crazy,” I whispered back.Renaldo fixed his shirt and walked to the door. He unlocked it. “Yeah Dad we are in here. Just talking.”Rowan opened the door and stepped inside. He looked tired with messy hair and his old t-shirt. His eyes went between us. “Why was the door locked? Everything okay?”I kept pouring the milk even though I did not need it. My face felt hot. I could still feel Renaldo touching me and it made my stomach twist with want and guilt at the same time
Sara I stared at him, my mouth still open because my brain was stuck on whatever mess he just dropped and I could barely keep up after the phone call with Mom and everything else crashing down tonight. “What the hell Renaldo you said Rowan isn’t my biological dad or something like that but now you’re backtracking start over and actually make sense this time because I’m two seconds from walking out and pretending none of this happened.”He rubbed the back of his neck again and his eyes kept flicking down to my chest for a second before snapping back up to my face like he was trying not to but couldn’t help it and that just made my face heat up more. “Okay okay I messed it up before I was trying to explain but yeah Kacy is your stepdad right not your real dad and he’s my uncle too so that whole cousin thing we thought was going on it doesn’t actually work like that Rowan is your dad and he’s my dad too but with Kacy in the mix as stepdad for you guys and uncle for me it makes us more l
Sara Saphira reached out again her face all twisted up with worry. “Sara that was rough but you said what you needed to she’s probably thinking about it now at least.”I pushed her away harder this time stepping back toward the door because everything felt too close and too much. “I don’t want to talk about it right now I just need some air or something I’m going downstairs for milk or whatever I don’t even care.”She followed me a couple steps her voice soft. “I’ll come with you we can sit and calm down together like we always do.”“No” I said sharper than I meant to my hand already on the doorknob. “Stay here I need a minute alone seriously Saphira just give me that much.”She looked hurt but she stopped and nodded and I slipped out before she could change her mind closing the door behind me a little too hard. The hallway felt quieter than it should after all that yelling downstairs earlier and I headed down the stairs trying not to make too much noise even though my mind was still
SaraI grabbed my phone off the nightstand before it could ring one more time even though my stomach was already twisting up because I knew talking to Mom right now was probably the worst idea ever. Saphira sat up straight next to me on the bed her eyes going all wide as she mouthed don’t you dare but it was too late my thumb had already hit the answer button.“Hey Mom” I said trying to sound normal but it came out all flat and tired like I’d already run out of energy for whatever this was going to turn into.Mom’s voice came blasting through right away all sharp and full of that tone she gets when she’s fishing for trouble. “Sara where are you right now and is your sister with you because I swear if you two pulled some stunt together after everything that happened tonight I don’t even know what I’m going to do with you girls.”“Yeah she’s right here” I said glancing over at Saphira who was already shaking her head and reaching out like she could snatch the phone from me and fix the w
SaraNow back to when I just arrived here and Kayla came home and saw me.Kayla was standing right there waiting like she knew something was up, her arms crossed tight and her eyes narrowing the second she saw my bag. “Rowan, we need to talk now,” she said quickly , grabbing his arm and dragging him off to the kitchen before I could even say hi or put my things down. I heard them through the wall, her voice sharp and fast. “What is this? You bring her here without asking? We’ve got Renaldo to think about and I’m not opening up our home to Liv’s problems again.”Rowan jumped in right away, his tone getting that stubborn edge. “Kayla, she’s staying. Sara can’t go back there tonight with the way things are. I’m her dad and I’m not turning her away.”She cut him off with a loud sigh. “Of course you’re not. It’s always the same with you, playing the hero for your old life while I deal with the fallout. Renaldo doesn’t need this drama right now with football season coming.”“Yeah but she’s
~Liv~I barely got the words out “Let's see how many can fit, my dear friend with benefits” before his whole body went rigid against me. Like someone had flipped a switch and every ounce of heat just drained right out of him.He pulled back so fast my head spun, staring down at me with this look th
~Liv Next day hit rough, still in the city, head pounding from the beers, I'd crashed at Kacy's place because Rowan's bruises needed space or whatever excuse we made, but really, Kacy and I hadn't talked for real since the car ride, that hurt look in his eyes bugging me, making me feel bad like I'
~Rowan~“Wrap it,” I told the sales girl. “We’re taking it.”Liv tried to protest the price. I shut that down quick. Card swiped. Bags in hand. Done.Next: restaurant. I had ordered one in the morning. Oh my bad, I mean I reserved the whole restaurant . We ordered apps, entrees, the works. I pulled
Liv “The doctor said sixteen weeks. That’s not yours. That’s… that’s Rowan’s.”The words felt heavy in the room. They sat between us like something alive, something ugly that neither of us could touch without getting hurt. My voice shook after I said it. My hands were cold even though the room wa







