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Chapter Thirteen

Penulis: Ivy
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Yubi

Michael’s face shifts, like he is bracing himself for something he doesn’t want to say.

He adjusts Chanel in his arms even though she is already fast asleep against his chest.

“Michael,” I whisper, a tremor running through my voice. “Did something happen to Mom?”

His eyes flick up to mine. There is something there, something dark that makes the blood drain from my face.

“Not exactly,” he says slowly.

“What does that mean?” The words are barely audible. “Either something happened or it didn’t, right? So what are you trying to tell me?”

He exhales, long and shaky, the kind of breath someone takes when they know the next words will break something.

I lean forward, the couch cushion dipping under my hands, my heartbeat loud in my ears.

“Michael,” I say again. “Where is she?if something has happened to her, I need to know.”

He finally meets my eyes and I see it, fear is written all over his face.

“Your mother has been missing for three days now Yubi.” he finally says.

“What?” It co
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  • MY STEPBROTHER’S OBSESSION : His touch, my sin   Chapter Thirteen

    YubiMichael’s face shifts, like he is bracing himself for something he doesn’t want to say. He adjusts Chanel in his arms even though she is already fast asleep against his chest.“Michael,” I whisper, a tremor running through my voice. “Did something happen to Mom?”His eyes flick up to mine. There is something there, something dark that makes the blood drain from my face.“Not exactly,” he says slowly.“What does that mean?” The words are barely audible. “Either something happened or it didn’t, right? So what are you trying to tell me?”He exhales, long and shaky, the kind of breath someone takes when they know the next words will break something.I lean forward, the couch cushion dipping under my hands, my heartbeat loud in my ears.“Michael,” I say again. “Where is she?if something has happened to her, I need to know.”He finally meets my eyes and I see it, fear is written all over his face. “Your mother has been missing for three days now Yubi.” he finally says. “What?” It co

  • MY STEPBROTHER’S OBSESSION : His touch, my sin   Chapter Twelve

    Yubi“Who is this little angle?” Michael asks again, his eyes fixed on the baby carrier I’m gripping way too tightly. His voice isn’t angry. Just stunned. Confused. Trying to understand.I swallow. My throat is dry. Chanel whimpers softly as if she feels the tension seeping out of my pores.“This is Chanel,” I say, clearing my throat. “She is my daughter”Michael’s brows lift, his face is still expressionless, shocked even, he doesn’t ask questions, Instead he takes two slow steps toward me as if he’s scared any sudden movement might scare me away.“Your daughter?” he repeats in a low breath trying to take a peak at chanelI nod once. He studies my face like he is trying to compare me to the girl who left a year ago, then shifts his eyes to the tiny moving bundle in the carrier.“Come on,” he says quietly. “Let’s get you both inside.”He gestures toward the door, and I follow him on autopilot. My legs feel numb. My heartbeat is too loud. The police officers are still scattered outside

  • MY STEPBROTHER’S OBSESSION : His touch, my sin   Chapter Eleven

    YubiThe moment the Uber turns into the long, winding driveway of the Blackwood estate, my stomach twists so hard I almost ask the driver to turn back around. I had prayed, begged silently that this would be a one day trip. Two days at most. Come home, spend Thanksgiving with the family, get answers, leave before my heart remembers too much.But one glance at the driveway tells me nothing about this trip is going to be simple or quick. There are police cars everywhere.I freeze with my hand on Chanel’s car seat, my breath gets caught in my chest. Blue and red lights flash across the mansion walls, painting everything in a sickening rhythm. Officers walk in and out of the front doors, talking into radios, taking notes, pacing. My stepdad Michael stands on the porch, his phone pressed to his ear, his shoulders stiff, his face pale.And this, this is not normal. Not for our family. Not for this house.I swallow hard.“Ma’am? We have arrived,” the driver says gently.I nod, though my m

  • MY STEPBROTHER’S OBSESSION : His touch, my sin   Chapter Ten

    YubiOne year laterI’m rocking Chanel gently in my arms, humming the same soft lullaby I have been singing since the day she was born, when my phone lights up on the bedside table. The vibration is low, barely a buzz, but something inside me tightens. A familiar tension rolls down my spine.Nobody calls me at this hour, it's almost midnight. I take a look at the caller ID, and the name is one I have dreaded for months. TreyThe name flashes on my screen, I have not spoken to him for a year now, since I left home. For a second, everything in my tiny apartment feels too small, the walls, the air in my chest.He is the last person I expected to ever call me, especially this late. Chanel lets out a tiny coo, her little fingers tightening around the chain of my necklace, grounding me just enough to move.“Hello?” My voice cracks. So much for sounding normal.There is a shaky exhale from the other end before he finally speaks“Yubi?”His voice hits me harder than I imagined it would. Dee

  • MY STEPBROTHER’S OBSESSION : His touch, my sin   Chapter Nine

    YubiI hardly sleep that night. Every time I close my eyes, I hear Trey’s voice echoing in my head.Kiari said yes. Whatever happened between us can never happen again.The words replay, over and over, until they carve themselves into my bones. I lie awake staring at the ceiling, the faint glow from the pool lights seeping through my curtains, reminding me of where everything fell apart.I press a hand to my stomach.It’s still flat. Still unchanged but after a few months I will not be able to hide it anymore. I need a plan, fast. By dawn, I have made a decision, a quiet, trembling, terrifying decision that settles into me like a final breath.I need to leave. It's the only way this works. Not because I want to run away.Not because I’m weak. But because staying here, staying in this house, staying near him will destroy me and our entire family of the truth ever came out.I need space and distance, besides like Trey had said, it was a mistake and one stupid mistake should not destro

  • MY STEPBROTHER’S OBSESSION : His touch, my sin   Chapter Eight

    YubiThree weeks later It has been three full weeks since that night I stood at the top of the stairs and watched Trey pull Kiari into the house like she belonged here. Three weeks since he said even a word to me. We have become strangers who live in the same house.At breakfast, I sit at the opposite end of the table, and he sits across from me and we all eat like a family, not one word spoken between us. Our parents think we are being petty.They don’t know there’s a wildfire spread between us, one we are both pretending isn’t burning everything in its path.For a while, avoidance works.For a while, I can pretend I’m moving on.But the past few days something has definitely been wrong, at first I thought I was coming down with a bug, but then the symptoms get worse, the nausea, the food cravings.At first, it was just mornings but it was getting worse. By week three, I can’t keep anything down not water, not tea, not even dry bread. My stomach turns at smells I used to love. Ch

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