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Brothers Aligned

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Julian

By the time Evan and I put rules to what we were doing, it no longer felt like curiosity. It felt like war plan.

We didn’t write anything down at first. There were no documents or shared files, just quiet agreements. Secrecy wasn’t only about hiding information, it was about controlling ourselves. That, I realized, was the harder part.

“No reactions,” Evan said, leaning back in his chair, eyes on the ceiling. “No matter what we find.”

I nodded. “Especially then.”

And that we could both agree on. Our father was observant in ways that weren’t obvious. He noticed pauses, tone shifts and delays in response. If either of us slipped, even slightly, he would sense it.

And once he felt that suspicion, it would never leave until he found out the truth. So we practiced restraint. When we sat across from him at dinners, we spoke lightly. When meetings dragged on, we stayed patient. When figures crossed screens that made my stomach tighten, I forced my face into calm neutrality.

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