Chapter 20

"So, how's it going with my brother?"

Denise's head snapped up from where she lay lounging on the screened-in porch with Roni. Since Denise had already been out there, that's where they had decided to stay.

"Good," she answered too quickly, her voice too high pitched.

Like a hound dog on the scent of a kill, Roni sat up straighter, grinning wildly. "He's gotten to you, hasn't he?"

She did not under any circumstances want to talk about this. Telling him that she hadn't had sex in thirteen years was embarrassing enough, but to tell his sister…she wasn't really down for all of that.

"Gotten to me?" she played dumb.

"Whatever. My brother is a good lookin' guy. I know that. The two of you in this house every night, I'm sure you've gotten…close."

"First of all, we aren't in this house every night. I think we may have spent two nights in this house together, that's it. Second of all, I'm a mother. I take care of my children most of the time. There is absolutely nothing sexy abou