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Penulis: Rausse Davenport
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-05 00:16:21

Luke

I added another dash of hot sauce to the chili. It was my night to cook for the other guys on duty at the station. I stirred the gigantic pot and asked Jake if he had the buns out for the hot dogs. He nodded.

“I’ve been wanting to talk to you about something,” he said.

“What?” I said.

“The girl down at the lumber yard. Remember, you got super pissed when we talked about her?”

“Yeah, I remember. What about her?” I asked, trying hard to keep the warning from my voice.

I took bowls down from the cupboard and started to set the long table while Jake grabbed the silverware and napkins.

“Wait,” I said. “Did you make the sweet tea?”

“Yeah, ‘course I did. This ain’t my first rodeo, Maddox.”

“Good, now what about Sarah Jo?”

“Well, I went by the lumberyard and bought a new steel tape.”

“Yeah?” I said.

I took out the shredded cheddar, dumped it in a bowl and put the chopped onions in another serving bowl. Jake put them on the table and started putting ice in glasses and pouring tea. He didn
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  • Knocked Up By My Brother’s Best Friend   024

    CamillaI felt pretty terrible. Almost like I'd been hit by a car. I couldn't really move between my neck and my hips. I realized that the freezing must still be doing its work. I had heard about epidurals but never really thought I would ever have one. It was almost as bad as the stories I'd heard. I was just glad that I couldn't remember it being done. Being unconscious and all. Must have saved the anesthesiologist some time and effort.I heard the door open and forced myself to turn my head, hoping against hope that it would be Aden. It wouldn't be fair to say that I was disappointed to see Cooper, but it would be fair to say that it wasn't what I had been expecting.“Hey, sis,” Cooper said, nicer than usual. I was immediately suspicious.“You need to back the hell off and treat me like an adult. I am old enough to make my own decisions and my own mistakes. I'm not in the mood for arguing so like it or lump it,” I said, as sternly as I could manage.“I know, you're right,” he said.

  • Knocked Up By My Brother’s Best Friend   023

    “What happened?” I asked, tipped off by my little cousin's infamous serious voice.“I came on shift a while ago, and Camilla is here. She's listed as a Jane Doe because they couldn't find any ID.”“We'll be right there,” I said before hanging up.“Camilla?” Cooper asked.“Is in at the hospital.”We took Cooper's car. It was faster, and he didn't really have parking rights at the building. Taking the traffic code more as a suggestion rather than hard and fast rules, Cooper had us at the hospital in a few minutes.“That was quick,” Shae said, meeting us at the door.“Are you surprised?” I asked.“Not really, this way.”We really weren't allowed into the recovery room, but Shae bent the rules for us. I could see Camilla through the window. I tried not to cry.“She's doing pretty well considering. They had to take out her spleen because it started to hemorrhage. Other than that, it was a couple of clean breaks with no real damage to her spine or head. Her back took the brunt of the impact

  • Knocked Up By My Brother’s Best Friend   022

    “Hi, mom!”“Camilla?”“Got it in one,” I said, Aden's words coming out of my mouth.“What was that, dear?”“Nothing, listen, I need some help.”“Late on your rent again?”“No, the job I've got is pretty good.”“Oh, good, Cooper said he would recommend you.”“And indeed, he did. That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about.”“Your job?”“Cooper,” I said.“Oh, right then.”“I've got this, well, I guess the right word is boyfriend.”“You do? That's wonderful! Who is it?”“Remember Aden?”“Aden Adams?”“Yeah.”“Weren't he and Cooper best friends.”“Still are,” I said.“I see, and Cooper is being overbearing and absurd.”“Yeah,” I said.“Tell him directly he is being unreasonable and why. If he keeps trying to pull crazy shenanigans, blank him for a while. He can be a fool, but he really does love you. If he thinks he'll actually lose you, he'll smarten up.”“Really?”“Worked when he was lagging at the mall. All I had to do was walk a bit faster, and he would scream and come running

  • Knocked Up By My Brother’s Best Friend   021

    CamillaI wasn't really sure where to go. I was so mad I had left without permission or any real goal in mind. I was so upset that I couldn’t really see where I was or where I was going. I never really noticed how similar most of the buildings looked before. One neighborhood bleeding into another. I found a bench and sat down, at least long enough for my eyes to clear from the tears so I could see where the heck I was going.I was hurt and honestly felt a bit betrayed by their behavior, especially Aden, who was usually so in control. I wasn't happy with Cooper but had come to expect such silliness from him. What bothered me most with what happened was I had really expected better of Aden. If he was going to be a father, he would have to settle down.It was that point, of course, I remembered that he had no idea he was going to be a dad. It was clear that I would have to sit down with both of them, probably separately, and hash it all out. I would have to talk to Aden first. If he wasn

  • Knocked Up By My Brother’s Best Friend   020

    I was about to point out that I was serious, too, but decided it was probably not the best idea to antagonize him any more than he already was.“What the fuck did I do?” Cooper asked, spreading his hands wide.“What are you talking about?”“You've been avoiding me for weeks!”It was then that I realized that I was hurting Cooper in a different way. It wasn't a punch in the face, but ignorance can hurt as much as an insult.I sighed. “It's not you. It's all me. I've been seeing someone. Turns out the Larkin approach didn't work out, and I've been trying to do that and keep up with work.”A big grin spread over Coop's face. “That's great, man! Why didn't you just tell me?”“I got the funny feeling that you wouldn't quite approve of her,” I said, tiptoeing around the hard truth.“You're a grown man.” He slapped me on the shoulder. “What does it matter if I approve or not?”“Like how there's not anyone in the world good enough to date Camilla?”“That's different.”“How?”“It just is,” Coo

  • Knocked Up By My Brother’s Best Friend   019

    AdenLove and friendship can be shockingly difficult to navigate. Particularly in complex situations. And it didn't really get more complicated than Camilla, Cooper, and me. Not only because Cooper was under the laughably inaccurate impression that I loved Camilla like a sister. I loved her all right, but there was nothing familial about it.I had seen him try to go after guys for looking at her twice like it was his job to protect his little sister from the big bad world. I shuddered to think what he might, at least try, to do if he found out what Camilla and I had been doing—particularly in the bedroom. This was something that actually made me angry when I thought about it. Not only was Camilla a grown woman and able to make her own decisions, but there was also a lot more to our relationship than sex. We really liked hanging out and were teaching each other a lot of cool things.She gave me a crash course on music genres I'd never heard of, including some metal styles like Japanese

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