The party pulsed with heat and noise the moment I stepped through the front door. Bass rolled through the floorboards and voices layered over one another in a constant wave. Bodies packed the living room and spilled into the hallway. Someone laughed too loud near the kitchen. Someone else spilled a drink and did not bother to clean it. I had come because my best friend Jake insisted. He always insisted. And where Jake went his twin brother Liam was never far behind.I had known them both since the first week of college. Jake was the bright one, the loud one the one who pulled everyone into the center of every room. Liam was quieter. Same face, same height, same dark hair that fell just over his forehead but something in the eyes always set them apart. Jake’s eyes danced. Liam’s watched. I had always been able to tell them apart even when they tried to trick people. Something about the way Liam held his shoulders or the way his gaze lingered a second too long made him impossible to mis
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