Dirty Little Secret With My Stepbrother
We barely dared to breathe.
Through the small gap between the shelves, I watched as one of the overnight housekeepers stepped into the room, a small silver tray balanced in her hand.
She was muttering softly to herself about returning a leather-bound book Dad had left behind in the study after dinner.
She placed the book neatly on a nearby side table, adjusted a stack of magazines, and then reached over to switch off the single reading lamp she had turned on, plunging the room back into near-total darkness.
She quietly left the room, her footsteps retreating down the carpeted corridor. The soft, definitive click of the door shutting was followed by several long, agonizing seconds of absolute