Semua Bab MY STEP BROTHER, MY RUIN: Bab 1 - Bab 4

JUNE.My phone buzzed in my hand.Mom.Again.I stared at the screen for a second before answering. “I’m still in line,” I said softly, almost whispering.“June,” her voice came through, soft but tight, like she was trying not to panic. “You said it wouldn’t take long. Your stepfather will be here soon. We still have things to pack.”I rolled my eyes, glancing at the front again, irritation rising. “It’s not my fault this place moves like this… You wanted this college, remember?”A pause.“Then come home! We can't keep him waiting.” She snapped. “You can go back tomorrow.” The call had ended before I said any more words.The queue wasn’t moving. I glanced at my wristwatch for the hundredth time in a minute. Shifted my weight from one leg to the other, craning my head to see if there was any progress ahead.Earlier this morning, I had tried to complete the registration process online but the network was down. I could tell a whole lot of other students were trying it out at the same tim

RONAN.I couldn't believe it. I almost couldn't believe Dad was thinking about wife-ing that lady he met just a few months ago. The thought had kept me up most nights. He had broken the news like it was something I should jubilate over. Was he expecting me to applaud him after I had seen how much he adored her? A forty-three-year-old woman! Same love he never gave Mom. Gave her the same care he denied Mom.I had seen how he laughed at every lame joke she made. How he gifted her even the smallest things. All of that he never did for mom. She had died lonely, her hands curled tight around my fingers till she went cold.She spent weeks in the hospital but Dad only showed up once, paid the hospital bills, and vanished. Not once did he stay by her bed. Not once did he care. I was only eight at the time. Grandma Julie, Mom's mother, and I, took care of her till she passed.And now, Dad knows how to love someone? When he broke the news of his marriage to Marielle, and that her daughter, Ju