Fingers Deep

ZuriDiane had me chopping vegetables while she stirred something on the stove, the kitchen warm with the smell of garlic and butter, the two of us falling into an easy rhythm we’d built over years of exactly this.“Can I tell you something?” She didn’t look up from the pot.“Always.”“I like you.” She said it simply, like it was a fact she’d been sitting on and finally decided to hand over. “I don’t have a single problem with you being with my sons. If all three of them wanted to marry you tomorrow, I’d bless that union without hesitating.”My knife stilled against the cutting board. “Thank you, Diane. That means more than you know.” I glanced at her, throat tight. “I just wish my mum was as open-minded about it.”“Don’t worry about that.” She reached over, squeezing my hand once before going back to the stove. “I’ll talk to her. Mother to mother. She’ll come around eventually. Rhea loves you too much not to.”Her phone rang before I could answer. She wiped her hands on a towel, glan

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At Peace

ZuriDinner had never felt this quiet in this house before, not the tense kind of quiet from the last few days, but something softer. Plates clinked. Wine got poured. My mum sat across from me, and for the first time since everything came out, she wasn't avoiding my eyes.Alexander stood first, tapping his glass with a fork."Before we eat, I think there's something that needs to be said properly, instead of shouted across a living room." He glanced at Diane, then at my parents. "So I'm going to let the person who actually deserves to say it first."He sat back down, and my mum set her fork aside, folding her hands in front of her."I owe all of you an apology." Her voice was steady, but I could hear what it cost her to keep it that way. "I reacted badly when I found out. I said things I regret, and I spent the last few hours looking at my daughter like she'd done something wrong, instead of asking her why she was happy.""Mum, you don't have to—""Let me finish, baby." She reached ac

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Her Boys

ZuriMaya was already in her pajamas, cross-legged on the bed scrolling through her phone, when mine buzzed on the nightstand.Audric: What are you up to?Me: About to go to bed. We leave early tomorrow.I set the phone down and had barely reached for my toothbrush when it started ringing instead. Audric's name lit up the screen."Hey." I answered, glancing at Maya."Can you sneak into the game room?" His voice was low, like he already knew he was asking something he shouldn't be."Right now?""Right now."I looked at Maya, who was already watching me over her phone, one eyebrow raised like she'd heard the entire question through the speaker."Go." She waved a hand, grinning. "I'll survive one night without you. Go be with your boys.""You're the best, you know that?""I do know that. Now go before I change my mind and make you stay and paint my nails."I slipped out of the room in socks, phone still warm in my hand, and made my way down the back stairs toward the game room, my heart

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Fingers Deep

At Peace

Her Boys